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Post Office Guide
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:01 pm
by alexiosp
Hi all,
a couple of months ago I found surfiing the internet the 1866 or 1867 post office guide completely scanned from page one to the end. Problem is that I can not find it now! Could someone post a link?
Thanks
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:33 pm
by leamphil
Not sure if it is what you're looking for but here is one from 1856:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DaUMAAAAYAAJ
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:26 am
by alexiosp
Many thanks, it took me a long time to see your answer!
Yes, sth like that, but from the year 1867...
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:58 pm
by Winston W
sorry, I can't find on the web ones for 1867, but can for that of April 1873 at
https://download.digitale-sammlungen.de ... r=&x=8&y=3
If you live in England and can get to the British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London, they have originals for the period in question.
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:50 am
by alexiosp
1873 is fine, many thanks!
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:59 pm
by admin
Just to note that there are now quite a number of PO Guides available for download on the GBPS site (including the 1867 one, as it happens):
http://www.gbps.org.uk/downloads/postal-directories.php
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:41 pm
by Sark
Alexiosp
I recently posted scans of my 1860 PO Guide for Head Postmasters on Stampboards
https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=93814
Hope it might be of interest.
Sark
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:27 am
by Winston W
S
Many thanks. The contemporary mid-19th century documents can have all sorts of interesting snippets. A labour of love scanning the Rule's pages almost 60 times.
I wonder if our webmaster Maurice could get that in pdf readable format and put the file into the Resources section?
Re: Post Office Guide
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:22 pm
by admin
With Sark's permission, I've done a PDF version of this, with OCR'd text and bookmarks to the main sections (approx 50MB). It can be downloaded from the website at:
https://www.gbps.org.uk/information/sources/staff-handbooks.php