Mail Trains

Name: Mail Trains
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ISBN: 9780747810834

ISBN-10: 0747810834

ISBN-13: 9780747810834

Edition: 2012

Authors: Julian Stray

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Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this. Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages were amongst the services introduced.More important lines carried the famous 'Night Mails'; rarely seen by the public, unless seeking out the late night facility of posting directly into the side of a mail train. These were supplemented by additional services enabling even rural locations to enjoy a 'next day' service only dreamt of in the age of the Mail Coach. This book provides a history of the overland carriage of mail by…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Shire Publications, Limited
Publication date: 3/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Julian Stray is Assistant Curator at The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). The BPMA is the leading resource for all aspects of British postal heritage and is custodian of The Royal Mail Archive and the museum collection of the former National Postal Museum. Records in the Royal Mail Archive are designated as being of outstanding national importance.