Post Office & Royal Mail

In the UK, Post Office counter services and Royal Mail are run by two separate companies. Let's explore the stories behind them in this episode.

00:00 Introduction
00:35 The problem
02:22 Early postal services
04:48 General Post Office
09:19 Morden postal services
13:10 Stamp issuer
17:32 Ending

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Related Pages

Official Websites:
Royal Mail Group: https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en
Royal Mail: https://www.royalmail.com/
Parcelforce Worldwide: https://www.parcelforce.com/
Post Office: https://www.postoffice.co.uk/

Royal Mail Group - our stories: https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/abo...
Post Office Logos: https://logos-world.net/post-office-l...
Royal Mail Logos: https://logos-world.net/royal-mail-logo/
A short history of the Post Office: https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/art...
Rebranded to Consignia:
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/articl...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1...
The Post Office (House of commons Library): https://researchbriefings.files.parli...
Royal Mail: Myth-Buster: https://assets.publishing.service.gov...
UPU UK page: https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Post...
Find stamp booklets at Jerwood Philatelics:https://www.jerwoodphilatelics.co.uk/
Find posters, FDCs Presentation Packs at CollectGBStamps: https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/def...

Wikipedia pages:
GPO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...
Royal Mail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail
Post Office Ltd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Of...
Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage...