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Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices
Catalogue reference: POST 44
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices dating from 1763-1951.
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 44
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1763-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This record series relates to the establishment and operation of colonial post offices in British North America [Canada], Australia and New Zealand. The records include instructions from the Postmaster General via the Secretary (POST 44/1-12), returns to surveys relating to the volume of mail processed and the costs of running the offices, details of the staff employed at these offices and their duties (POST 44/24-33).
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
The material is arranged in chronological order within series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to British Postal Agencies POST 45
For Disbursements and Receipts Home and Colonial see POST 9/19-22; For Debt ledgers, including colonies see POST 9/44-58.
For Alterations to salaries, Home and Colonial see
For oversea mail letter books see POST 48
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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)
- 68 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11771/
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- View this record page in our current catalogue
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- 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: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices
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