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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Post Office: Inland Mails: Organisation, Circulation and Sorting


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0813 POST 17 Series

Held at: British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Title: Post Office: Inland Mails: Organisation, Circulation and Sorting

Date(s): 1797-1998

Level of description: Series

Extent: 292 volumes and 101 files

Name of creator(s):

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CONTEXT

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

POST Class 17 contains papers on the mail handling cycle, from collection to delivery. The bulk of material relates to sorting and processing operations. The Class is divided into 19 series. Series 1 and 2 comprise sorting and circulation directories. Series 3-9 generally relate to mechanisation of processing and sorting operations, including development of mechanical aids and the postcode system, letter, packet and parcel sorting machinery, the Post Office Letter and Parcel Post Plans introduced in the late 1960s, new mechanised offices and environmental controls. Series 10-12 concerns the introduction and marketing of postcodes. Series 13 and 14 comprise papers and audit reports on operational organisation and efficiency. The next four series cover local authorities and postal addressing, various sorting methods, processing and sorting equipment, and delivery and collection methods. Series 19 comprises papers relating to general circulation issues.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

Public Record

Conditions governing reproduction:

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry checked by Barbara Ball

Rules or conventions:

Compiled in compliance with General Internation Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G) second edition 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions: Entry checked June 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Mail carriers | Distribution services
Postal services | Communication industry

Personal names

Corporate names
Post Office

Places