IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0813 POST 80 Series
Held at: British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive
Title: Post Office: Agency Services
Date(s): 1874-1937
Level of description: Series
Extent: 2 files and 4 volumes
Name of creator(s): Post Office
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The first Agency Service to be provided by the Post Office on behalf of the government was the Post Office Insurance and Annuity Scheme introduced at selected post offices in 1865. The payment of Old Age Pensions at post offices was introduced in 1909 and in 1912 Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance Stamps began to be sold. In 1915, through the medium of the Post Office Savings Bank, the Post Office helped to float the 'War Loan,' and in the same year it began to issue War Savings Certificates through its Money Order Department.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
This series comprises material relating to the introduction and operation of agency services provided by The Post Office. It covers: the payment of Old Age Pensions at post offices; the sale of Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance stamps; the floatation of the 'War Loan', in 1915, to help finance the war; and the payment of money due to public corporations through The Post Office.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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Conditions governing access:
Public Record
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: EAD transfer validated May 2011