Talking of postal history does anyone know the where abouts of any Edward VIII post boxes?
I'm sure I've seen one in Liverpool somewhere but that was many years ago and I can't recall the exact location.
David
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Dr David Alan Gatley
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Staffordshire University
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From: From: Local-History list on behalf of E & R Shanahan
Sent: Mon 26/05/2008 02:16
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Subject: Re: [LOCAL-HISTORY] measuring the ways
I have been following this thread with interest, because in my hobby
'postal history' the mileage has always been important. We have a page on
our website about it, which could be of interest because of the
illustration of a page from John Cary's survey of the roads for the Post
Office in 1802..
http://www.home.gil.com.au/~ears/mmintro.html
an extract from the early postage rates shows :
By Proclamation Charles 1 31 July 1635
within England, Wales and Scotland not exceeding 80 miles 2d for single
letter exceeding 80 miles not exceeding 140 4d and exceeding 140 miles
6d.
Then from 1812 ro 1840 (before the introduction of the Penny Post) the
rates were charged over graduated scales from 'not exceeding 15 miles'
to '700 miles and over' in 14 graduated stages, so the mileage was very
important to the Post Office, and as Frank has said it was probably
dependent on the reason the mileage was being measured.
Eunice in Queensland
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