ing of, 148;
free transmission of, 51, 56, 57, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144;
"class," 124, 125;
political, 167, 168;
provincial (protected), 142, 146, 150, 151, 166, 169, 177;
transient, 137, 152

Nicholas, Sir Edward, 113

North German Union, 108, 213, 214, 228, 257

_Nuncii_, 1, 2, 377

Old Age Pensions, payment of, 357

Open post, 222, 320 note

Oxenbridge, Clement, 13

_Oxford Gazette_, 113, 114

Pacific mails, 75

Packet post, _see_ Post for the packet

Packet postage, 339

Page, W. J., 49, 52

Palmer, John, 20

Paper duty, 117, 119

_Papiers d'affaires_, 93, 239

Parcel Post, international, 185, 204, 206, 277;
local, 207, 208;
loss on, 190, 219, 295, 334

Parcel Post Act, 1882, 188, 288

Parcel rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Parcels, cost of transportation, 188, 218, 219, 311, 321, 325, 331;
average weight of, 33, 190, 216, 325

Paris, University of, 78, 79

_Parliamentary Intelligencer_, 112

Parnell, Sir Henry, 24

Pattern Post, _see_ Rates of postage (samples)

Penalty frank, 192

Penny Post (London), 183, 247, 342

Penny posts (local), 250

Penny postage, uniform, introduction of, 23

Penrose Overstreet Commission, 156, 157

Periodicals, transmission by post, 150, 152, 154, 155, 159

Pitt, William, 21, 344

Political newspapers, 167, 168

_Poor Man's Guardian_, 120

Popish Plot, 14

Post Office Acts--
1657, 13;
1660, 14, 337, 341;
1711, 15, 229, 248, 337, 343;
1730, 249, 251;
1763, 17;
1764, 115;
1765, 20, 250, 338;
1784, 21, 338;
1794, 251;
1795, 230;
1796, 338;
1797, 22;
1799, 344;
1801, 22, 230, 251, 338;
1802, 116;
1805, 22, 230, 252, 338;
1812, 22, 230, 339;
1814, 344;
1815, 345;
1836, 122;
1837, 339, 347;
1838, 288;
1839, 231;
1840, 231;
1853, 128;
1855, 128;
1870, 131, 221;
1882, 188;
1893, 288;
1908, 131

Post Office revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

Postage, origin of term, 2, 6;
prepayment of, 27, 238, 251;
rates of, _see_ Rates of postage

Postage, uniform, _see_ Uniform postage

Postage stamps, introduction of, 27

Postal monopoly, _see_ Monopoly

Postal traffic, growth of, in United Kingdom, 32

Postal Union Convention, 1874, 270

_Post-boten_, 97

Post-boys, 16, 20, 22

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