Carrying British Mails - Five Centuries of Postal Transport by Land, Sea, and Air

This booklet begins the history of British mails from the carriage of the King's despatches in times of war, letters to and from the Court and the establishment of the Royal Mail by Edward IV in 1482, to the beginning of a public mail service by Charles I in 1635. The evolution of the mail system continues with post-boys, mail carts and mail robbers, the coaching era, and the advent of the railways. With the expansion of the Empire brought long distance parcel mail coaches, motorised mail delivery and the eras of sail and steam overseas to all corners of the earth...