MARITIME/P.REFORMS - G.B. P.O. REPORTS INC. 1843 SELECT COMM...

Hammer

£320

MARITIME/P.REFORMS - G.B. P.O. REPORTS INC. 1843 SELECT COMMITTEE REF. R. HILL, MAIL CONTRACTS, ETC.; 14 Aug. 1843 foolscap 682-page Report (modern binding; minor faults but complete original edition) ref. Rowland Hill's incomplete Postal Reforms, list of all UK POs and their Postmasters, etc. [sold in 2005 for US$500], 1820 "Select Committee" Report ref. new London P.O. (48pp), 1835 Return ref. Jamaican P.O., 1836 55-page return (hardback) of all the P.O.s and staff in UK, 1837 "8th Report" (26pp; ref. PO perquisites), rare 57-page 1843 report ref. new West Indies mail port at Dartmouth (coloured prints of rail routes, Dartmouth harbour, etc.), and 5 1840-52 Maritime Returns (1840 Med. steamers list, 1843/52 trio ref. RMSP (5pp+29pp - inc. Brazil Packets service) or PSNC (50pp inc. lists of West Indies sailings etc.). Good lot. (11 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, ROWLAND HILL, MARITIME MAIL, BRAZIL