Dear all,
PROCAT, the Public Record Office online catalogue, can be accessed from the
PRO website at: http://www.pro.gov.uk
Direct link: http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk
Please, disregard the login option (for registered readers).
If you wish to search the Post Office fonds, please, restrict your searches
to POST. You can also Browse from 'POST' if you prefer to use the online
catalogue as if it were a paper list.
We welcome comments and enquiries about the online catalogue at
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Jone Garmendia
E-Access Department
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Surrey TW9 4DU
UK
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> From: Vicky Parkinson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Vicky Parkinson
> Sent: 11 September 2001 11:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: When was the Post Office founded?
>
> >Can anyone help? Is there a Consignia archivist out there?
>
> There is indeed, Heritage Services, Consignia, is responsible for a unique
> and historical collection covering 360 years of British postal history.
> our
> varied collection includes:
>
> An archive that encompasses records from 1636 to the present day,
> including
> working files, staff records, reports and visual records such as maps,
> posters, artwork and photographs.
>
> Stamps of Great Britain from the Penny Black onwards and their artwork.
>
> Artefacts including letterboxes, vehicles, uniforms, sorting frames,
> sorting machines and hand stamps.
>
> We have a website that gives an introduction to the history of Consignia
> and our holdings, www.consignia.com/heritage, and our catalogues are
> available on PROCAT (lettercode POST)
>
> To answer your question, before 1635, the Royal Posts, under the
> supervision of the Master of Posts, carried letters for the King and his
> Court and occasionally for private individuals. On 31 July 1635, King
> Charles I issued a proclamation which formally opened the Royal postal
> system to the public. Therefore The Post Office in England was founded in
> 1635.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vicky Parkinson
>
> Senior Cataloguer
> Group Centre
> Secretary's Office
>
> Heritage Services, Consignia, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, LONDON, WC1X
> 0DL
>
> Postline: 5469 2567, STD Phone: 020 7239 2567, Fax: 020 7239 2576
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