EXPRESS MAIL "EXTRA POST" PLAN - GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HENRY ...

Hammer

£150

EXPRESS MAIL "EXTRA POST" PLAN - GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HENRY BURGESS' PLAN FOR FASTER MAILS; 31 May 1821 50-page foolscap (might fold to fit album-page - mainly very fine, with minor internal faults) Report on the "EXTRA POST" of one of Rowland Hill's predecessors, another independent critic of the P.O.; with copies of official correspondence to and from Henry Burgess and outlining his remarkable plan to introduce an up-market (First Class-like) Express mail service between Britain's major cities (Manchester, Liverpool etc.) with London using the fastest coaches with no passengers, for which he was confident that merchants would pay extra postage. The Plan was not introduced. Very few examples of this publication have survived. Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, EXPRESS, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER