P.O. REPORTS/RETURNS REF. LONDON P.O. RE-BUILD, ALL PRESTAMP...

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£110 - £150

P.O. REPORTS/RETURNS REF. LONDON P.O. RE-BUILD, ALL PRESTAMP P.O.s IN G.B., SHIPPING CONTRACTS, ETC.; 1820/52 group of (mainly fine) foolscap Parliamentary reports/returns ref. varied P.O. subjects, inc. 1820 "Select Committee" Report into a new central London P.O. (48pp), 1835 Return ref. Jamaican P.O. PMG etc., 1836 Robert Wallace inspired 55-page return (v. fine in modern hardback binding) of all the P.O.s and staff in G.B. (incl. Ireland) listing their annual fees & perquisites(!), 1837 "8th Report" of the P.O. Commissioners (26pp; ref. senior staff perquisites - inspired by Wallace's campaign against Freeling etc.), rare 57-page Govt. 1843 report ref. proposed new West Indies mail port at Dartmouth (superb coloured prints of rail routes, Dartmouth harbour, etc.), and 5 1840-52 P.O. Returns on Maritime topics (1840 Med. steamers list, 1840 page ref. Alexandria steamers, 1843/52 trio ref. R.M.S.P. Co. (5pp+29pp - latter ref. Brazil Packets service) or PSNC (50pp inc. lists of West Indies sailings etc.). Good lot. (10 items) Cross Reference: JAMAICA, DEVON, POSTAL REFORMS, BRAZIL