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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0813 POST 44 Series

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

Title: Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices

Date(s): 1763-1951

Level of description: Series

Extent: 40 files and 28 volumes

Name of creator(s):

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CONTEXT

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

This series relates to the establishment and operation of colonial post offices in British North America [Canada], Australia and New Zealand. The records include instructions from the Postmaster General via the Secretary (POST 44/1-12), returns to surveys relating to the volume of mail processed and the costs of running the offices, details of the staff employed at these offices and their duties (POST 44/24-33).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

Conditions governing access:

Public Record

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

Some of the items in this series are available on microfilm for viewing in the Search Room.

Related material:

See also; POST 9/19-22, Disbursements and Receipts Home and Colonial, POST 9/44-58, Debt ledgers, including colonies and POST 9/164, Alterations to salaries, Home and Colonial.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry checked by Barbara Ball