Project Gutenberg 2013-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 488 Hemmeon, Joseph Clarence 1880 12035538 The History of the British Post Office Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Eric Skeet, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The History of the British Post Office" by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the development and evolution of the British Post Office from its inception in the royal mail system to its establishment as a public service. It focuses on significant changes in policy, structure, and public utilization of the postal service throughout different eras of British history. The opening of the work presents an overview of the early postal system, describing how the royal posts operated predominantly through royal messengers tasked with the conveyance of state letters, alongside various informal means of communication among the populace. It discusses the initial establishment of the Post Office under the direction of Sir Brian Tuke, emphasizing the challenges faced and the gradual evolution of how letters were managed and delivered, setting the stage for more significant reforms and developments in the following chapters. This historical context is essential for understanding the later transformation of the Post Office into a modern institution that serves both governmental and public interests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42983/42983-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Postal service -- Great Britain -- History HE Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) 971995 2025-06-17T11:21:00.083206 text/html 977568 2013-06-18T13:29:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 473714 2025-06-17T11:21:18.947113 application/epub+zip 485941 2025-06-17T11:21:03.387233 application/epub+zip 335320 2025-06-17T11:21:01.731216 application/epub+zip 784541 2025-06-17T11:21:28.482050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 729007 2025-06-17T11:21:17.117133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578930 2022-09-19T15:44:42.928920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638280 2023-09-18T14:28:51.809577 text/plain 15540 2025-06-17T11:21:28.694068 application/rdf+xml 16468 2025-06-17T11:21:02.019184 image/jpeg 2207 2025-06-17T11:21:01.873173 image/jpeg 455143 2025-06-17T11:21:00.156232 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