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Listing of Notices 1750 to 1759

References at right are the codes from the Raguin book.

Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, June 23, 1750
NEWS –5002
Mail robbery. Cirencester mail robbed between Wickham and Uxbridge
General Post Office, April 19, 1751
NEWS –5101
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, June 21, 1751
NEWS –5102
Mail robbery. West mail robbed on Black Water Heath
General Post Office, July 29, 1751
NEWS –5103
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, June 22, 1752
NEWS –5201
Mail robbery. Person bought a tankard and paid with a stolen bank post bill
General Post-Office, London, March 17, 1753
NEWS –5301
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, July 6, 1753
NEWS –5302
Anonymous letter threatening the Postmaster General
General Post-Office, October 18, 1753
NEWS –5303
Anonymous letter threatening the Postmaster General. A follow-on
General Post-Office, November 7, 1753
NEWS –5304
Mail robbery. Kent mail robbed near Sittingbourne
General Post Office, March 2, 1754
NEWS –5401
Portugal. Mail for Oporto must be marked via Lisbon otherwise to go by the Corunna mail
General Post-Office, April 13, 1754
NEWS –5402
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post Office, July 2, 1754
NEWS –5403
Mail robbery. Post boy robbed between Morden and Lavington, in the county of Wilts
General Post Office, October 14, 1754
NEWS –5404
Mail robbery. Derby mail robbed between Market Harborough and Kibworth
General Post-Office, April 22, 1755
NEWS –5501
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, July 5, 1755
NEWS –5502
Improvement of correspondence. List of new conveyances
General Post Office, September 20, 1755
NEWS –5503
West Indies & North America. Rates & schedule
General Post-Office, London, October 24, 1755
NEWS –5504
Minorca. Routing and postal rate
General Post Office, April 5, 1756
NEWS –5601
France. No communication with France via Dover and Calais
General Post Office, May 17, 1756
NEWS –5602
Spain, Portugal, countries via Holland & Flanders. Mail to be dispatched every Tuesday and Friday
General Post Office, May 21, 1756
NEWS –5603
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post Office, July 3, 1756
NEWS –5604
Mail robbery. Post boy robbed between Chesterfield and Sheffield
General Post-Office, October 2, 1756
NEWS –5605
Mail robbery. Worcester mail robbed near Shepherds Bush
General Post-Office, December 12, 1756
NEWS –5606
Mail robbery. Worcester mail robbed near Shepherds Bush. A follow-on
General Post-Office, December 20, 1756
NEWS –5607
Mail robbery. North mail robbed near Royston
General Post Office, February 4, 1757
NEWS –5701
Mail robbery. Norwich mail robbed near Laytonstone, Essex
General Post-Office, March 21, 1757
NEWS –5702
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post Office, July 5, 1757
NEWS –5703
Improvement of correspondence
General Post-Office, December 24, 1757
NEWS –5704
Foreign letters. They have to be prepaid except to Holland and Flanders
General Post Office, May 5, 1758
NEWS –5801
Packet established between Leith and Lerwick, charge 6d
General Post Office, Edinburgh, April 13, 1758
NEWS –5801A
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post Office, July 4, 1758
NEWS –5802
Guadeloupe. Schedule
General Post Office, June 20, 1759
NEWS –5901
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post Office, July 2, 1759
NEWS –5902
Person going to or coming from Holland have to have a passport
General Post-Office, August 20, 1759
NEWS –5903
British Army in Germany. Schedule and postal rates
General Post Office, November 28, 1759
NEWS –5904