Her Majesty's Mails

The Appendix is designed to afford a source of general reference on many important matters relating to the Post-Office, some parts of it having been carefully collated from Parliamentary documents not easily accessible to the public. April 16, 1864. CONTENTS. PART I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE 15 CHAPTER III. ON OLD ROADS AND SLOW COACHES 37 CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE 47 CHAPTER V. PALMER AND THE MAIL-COACH ERA 73 CHAPTER VI. THE TRANSITION PERIOD AT THE POST-OFFICE 94 CHAPTER VII. SIR ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE 108