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Official handbooks for Post Office employees, explaining the rules and methods for carrying out their jobs.
Rules for Head Postmasters in England and Wales
[116pp, 50MB, 1860]
Provided by Simon Burke
Express Delivery Service - Instructions to Sub-Postmasters
[22pp, 9.8MB, 1908]
Rg54 Instructions for Dealing with High Value Packets
[16pp, 3.6MB, 1939]
Rules for Working Lineside Mail Apparatus
[12pp, 5.0MB, 1947]
List of Abbreviations of Titles in Common Use in the Post Office
[4pp, 3.0MB, 1953]
Rg13 Rules for Postmen on Outdoor Duties
[122pp, 41MB, 1957]
Listing of Post Office numbers, P.1013E
[20pp, 4.9MB, 1962]
Late revision of '1844' numbers used in postmarks
Security and You - Follow this Book and Beat the Crook
[12pp, 6.7MB, 1962]
Security advice for staff
Postman Higher Grade Training Materials
[130pp, 18.7MB, 1965]
Post Office training school course
GPO Staff Handbook for Manipulative Grades
[86pp, 18.0MB, 1967-8]
Career rules for postmen!
Postal Decimalisation Instructions
[88pp, 10.5MB, 1970]
Adaptations needed for the change to decimal currency
Postal Decimalisation Bulletin No. 2
[16pp, 5.8MB, 1970]
Update for staff on the change to decimal currency
Postal Decimalisation Bulletin No. 3
[16pp, 4.7MB, 1970]
Update for staff on the change to decimal currency
