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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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IX.
CLAIMS
FOR
POST-OFFICE
SERVICE,
104
X.
THE
TRAVELLING
POST-OFFICE,
116
XI.
SORTERS
AND
CIRCULATION,
124
XII.
PIGEON-POST,
135
XIII.
ABUSE
OF
THE
FRANKING
PRIVILEGE,
AND
OTHER
PETTY
FRAUDS,
140
XIV.
STRANGE
ADDRESSES,
153
XV.
POST-OFFICE
ROBBERIES,
170
XVI.
TELEGRAPHIC
BLUNDERS,
200
XVII.
HOW
LETTERS
ARE
LOST,
204
XVIII.
ODD
COMPLAINTS,
239
XIX.
CURIOUS
LETTERS
ADDRESSED
TO
THE
POST-OFFICE,
245
XX.
SINGULAR
COINCIDENCES,
262
XXI.
SAVINGS-BANK
CURIOSITIES,
269
XXII.
REPLIES
TO
MEDICAL
INQUIRIES,
275
XXIII.
VARIOUS,
277
XXIV.
ABOUT
POSTMASTERS,
292
XXV.
RED
TAPE,
303
ILLUSTRATIONS.
MAIL-COACH
ACCIDENT
AT
ELVANFOOT,
Frontispiece
CAUTION
TO
POSTBOYS,
Page
19
ROTHBURY
AND
MORPETH
MAIL-DRIVER,
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