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Sub-sub-fonds
Post Office: Treasury correspondence
Catalogue reference: POST 1
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Treasury correspondence dating from 1686-1977.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Postal Museum.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at The Postal Museum.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POST 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Treasury correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1686-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records relating to the supervision of the General Post Office's financial business, including correspondence relating to authorisation of expenditure, development of services and applications for pensions.
Please see The Postal Museum's online catalogue for descriptions of individual records within this series.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological order and volume number order within sub-series.
Pieces are one volume unless otherwise stated.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Postal Museum
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1177 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
- Communications
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The General Post Office was, until 1969, a government department, and its expenditure was controlled by The Treasury. Prior to 1969 the treasury supervised all GPO financial management, policy, planning and development.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11732/
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Records created or inherited by the Royal Mail Group plc and predecessors
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Post Office: Treasury correspondence
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