The earliest letter-carriers--The Roman _posita_--Princely Postmasters of Thurn and Taxis--Sir Brian Tuke--Hobson of "Hobson's Choice"--The General Letter Office of England--Dockwra's Penny Post of 1680--Povey's "Halfpenny Carriage"--The Edinburgh and other Penny Posts--Postal rates before 1840--Uniform Penny Postage--The Postage Stamp regarded as the royal _diplomata_--The growth of the postal business. Early instances of contrivances to denote prepayment of postage--The "Two-_Sous_" Post--_Billets de port payé_--A passage of wit between the French Sappho and M. Pellisson--Dockwra's letter-marks--Some fabulous stamped wrappers of the Dutch Indies--Letter-sheets used in Sardinia--Lieut. Tre…
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