General Post Office
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The General Post Office was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering t
Victorian 'Post Office' pillar box in Oxton, Merseyside.
'The Post Horse' (from The Life of a Racehorse, or The High-Mettled Racer) by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
John Thurloe (Postmaster-General 1655-1660).
The sorting room at the General Letter Office, Lombard Street, 1809 (as pictured in The Microcosm of London).
General Post Office, London
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The General Post Office in St. Martin's Le Grand was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910, the headquarters of the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irela
The 19th-century headquarters of the General Post Office in London
Plaque relating to the General Letter Office in Threadneedle Street.
The General Post Office in Lombard Street, c.1800 (the building to the right is St Mary Woolnoth).
The New General Post Office, London, 1829, by James Pollard, showing the main west façade on St Martin's Le Grand.