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Post Office: Postal Business Statistics
Catalogue reference: POST 19
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Postal Business Statistics dating from 1803-1990.
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 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Postal Business Statistics
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains statistics relating to Post Office business, including returns of delivered, posted and registered mails, 1839-1913; comparative summaries of annual returns of work and staff hours from Head Post Offices in the United Kingdom, covering 1923-1966; returns of work and staff on Travelling Post Offices and Sorting Carriages, 1951-1974; and postal business key performance statistics, 1973-1985.
The records are broken down int the following sub-series:
- Abstracts and returns of mail items, 1839-1913, delivered and posted from Post Towns and sub-offices in England and Wales, the Head Post Offices in London and the GPOs in Scotland and Ireland, including packets paying letter rates, book packets, newspapers, circulars, patterns, samples, postcards, official documents, parcels, sealed bag letters and half-penny packets.
- Comparative summaries of annual returns of work and staff, United Kingdom, comprising series of returns; showing work load and performance London Area and Provincial Head Offices in the United Kingdom, 1923-1966
- Reports on the annual returns of work and staff, United Kingdom, 1948-1966; compriseing reports written by the Chief or Deputy Chief Inspector of Postal Services Department
- Comparative summaries of annual returns of work and staff, London Postal Region, Inner and Outer Area, 1949-1959
- Returns of work and staff, Travelling Post Offices, Great Britain, 1951-1974; containing a comparative statement of traffic, or correspondence, received in the current and previous year, with percentage increases and decreases, and a detailed return of correspondence dealt with and / or received
- Postal business key performance statistics, 1973-1985, comprising series' of booklets, issued by the Post Office, containing monthly reports of postal business key statistics covering the whole of the United Kingdom and providing indicators of past, current and future performance
- Miscellaneous postal statistics, 1814-1990
- Corporate finance reports on Posts' income and costs, 1981
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 within sub-series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For items relating to methods of compiling and presenting postal statistics see POST 8
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Organisational/administrative book, mail and general service reports andstatistics of head and sub-offices, covering 1858-1891 were transferred to
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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)
- 459 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
- Ireland
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11750/
How to order it
- View this record page in our current catalogue
- Check viewing and downloading options
- Select an option and follow instructions
Catalogue hierarchy
270 records
This record is held at The Postal Museum
111 records
Within the fonds: POST
Records created or inherited by the Royal Mail Group plc and predecessors
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Post Office: Postal Business Statistics
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