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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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THE
ROYAL
MAIL
THE
ROYAL
MAIL
ITS
CURIOSITIES
AND
ROMANCE
BY
JAMES
WILSON
HYDE
SUPERINTENDENT
IN
THE
GENERAL
POST-OFFICE,
EDINBURGH
THIRD
EDITION
LONDON
SIMPKIN,
MARSHALL
AND
CO.
MDCCCLXXXIX.
All
Rights
reserved.
NOTE.--It
is
of
melancholy
interest
that
Mr
Fawcett's
death
occurred
within
a
month
from
the
date
on
which
he
accepted
the
following
Dedication,
and
before
the
issue
of
the
Work.
TO
THE
RIGHT
HONOURABLE
HENRY
FAWCETT,
M.
P.
HER
MAJESTY'S
POSTMASTER-GENERAL,
THE
FOLLOWING
PAGES
ARE,
BY
PERMISSION,
RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED.
PREFACE
TO
THIRD
EDITION.
The
second
edition
of
'The
Royal
Mail'
having
been
sold
out
some
eighteen
months
ago,
and
being
still
in
demand,
the
Author
has
arranged
for
the
publication
of
a
further
edition.
Some
additional
particulars
of
an
interesting
kind
have
been
incorporated
in
the
work;
and
these,
together
with
a
number
of
fresh
illustrations,
should
render
'The
Royal
Mail'
still
more
attractive
than
hitherto.
The
modern
statistics
have
not
been
brought
down
to
date;
and
it
will
be
understood
that
these,
and
other
matters
(such
as
the
circulation
of
letters),
which
are
subject
to
change,
remain
in
the
work
as
set
forth
in
the
first
edition.
EDINBURGH,
February
1889.
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