Project Gutenberg 2010-09-28 Public domain in the USA. 571 Smith, A. D. (Alfred Daniel) Smith, Alfred Daniel Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, Viscount 1870 1963 18002506 The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study Produced by Simon Gardner, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study" by A. D. Smith is a scholarly historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the evolution of postal rates, exploring their underlying economic principles and how they have been influenced by various societal changes. It aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of how rates have been determined over time in the context of the postal system's development. The opening of the book presents the author's intent to analyze the history and principles governing postage rates. A.D. Smith outlines the permissions and resources granted to him, such as access to official records at the General Post Office, which facilitate a thorough exploration of both inland and international postage rates. The author reflects on early postal systems that emerged within England and other nations, emphasizing significant developments like the introduction of penny postage. This section lays a solid foundation for the reader's understanding of how historical context and economic considerations have shaped the postage system as we know it today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Postal rates HE Text Category: History - Other Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Economics 1506676 2025-10-14T04:26:24.639956 text/html 1480327 2021-01-07T01:37:22 text/html 1068809 2025-10-14T04:26:50.391848 application/epub+zip 1082109 2025-10-14T04:26:31.051977 application/epub+zip 540994 2025-10-14T04:26:28.248917 application/epub+zip 1658270 2025-10-14T04:27:02.373788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1600727 2025-10-14T04:26:47.329873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 942857 2022-09-15T13:04:01.136696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1093616 2025-10-14T04:26:20.835978 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1088760 2021-01-07T01:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1093239 2021-01-07T01:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20959 2025-10-14T04:27:02.558726 application/rdf+xml 24407 2025-10-14T04:26:28.940919 image/jpeg 4547 2025-10-14T04:26:28.598939 image/jpeg 370703 2021-01-07T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 910159 2021-01-07T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 371278 2021-01-07T01:37:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1011658 2025-10-14T04:26:24.754956 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia