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Admiralty Agents and Shipping Companies, Post Office Letterbooks [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1860-1920.

Reference:

R10901-26-7-E, MG44-C-Post48

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

126046

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General Post Office fonds

Post 48. Overseas: Letter Books

Admiralty Agents and Shipping Companies, Post Office Letterbooks
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Date(s):

1860-1920.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

32 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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This sub-series of Post 48 was formerly called "Contract Packet Letterbooks" and includes volumes 288 to 318. It consists of letters from the Secretary To The Post Office to the Admiralty Superintendents of Packets at various British Isles packet stations, and to private shipping companies contracted to carry overseas mails. The correspondence covers all aspects of overseas mail service, including schedules, routes, mail handling facilities, negotiation and fulfilment of contracts, inspections, and the effects of accidents or disasters. Volume 318 includes correspondence with air companies on air mail services, mainly between Great Britain and Northern Europe in 1920. This material is available on microfilm reels A-1324 to A-1355.

From 1871 to 1920, only the volumes for every third or fifth year have survived. The original volume numbering of the series has been superseded by the present system, but is indicated in the finding aids.

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Private

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MG44-C-Post48
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Microfilm reel A-1324--A-1355

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