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Formerly the British Postal Museum and Archive
ARCHON code: 813
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Collections information
Businesses (7)
- De La Rue & Co Ltd, printers of social stationery, stamps, and playing cards London
- Hull Head Post Office
- National Telephone Co Ltd London
- Post Office Investigation Branch, London London
- Post Office Savings Bank
- Post Office: Inland Mails Organisation: Post Office (London) Railway London
- United Telephone Co Ltd London
Persons (11)
- Blathwayt, William, (?1649-1717), statesman and civil servant
- Frankland, Sir Thomas, (c 1665-1726), 2nd Baronet MP
- Freeling, Sir Francis, (1764-1836), postal reformer
- Gascoyne-Cecil, James Brownlow William, (1791-1868), 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
- Grey, Thomas de, (1748-1818), 2nd Baron Walsingham, politician
- Hill, Sir Rowland, (1795-1879), Knight, Knight Inventor of Penny Postage
- Montagu, William, (1771-1843), 5th Duke of Manchester
- Palmer, John, (1742-1818), Projector of Mail Coaches, MP
- Preece, Sir William Henry, (1834-1913), Knight, Knight Electrical Engineer
- Tilley, Sir John, (1813-1898), Knight Secretary of the Post Office
- Whitley, Roger, (c1617-1697), Royalist, Deputy Postmaster General and MP
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 43445 General Post Office link to online catalogue
Accessions
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