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Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
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Sub-sub-fonds
Post Office: Buildings, Furniture and Fittings
Catalogue reference: POST 91
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Buildings, Furniture and Fittings dating from c. 1790-1910.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POST 91
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Buildings, Furniture and Fittings
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Date (When the record was created)
- c. 1790-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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The material in this series relates to the construction, modification and relocation of Post Office buildings, including public and sorting offices. There are plans, correspondence and reports relating to the acquisition and disposal of Post Office land, buildings and fittings, and contracts for the construction and fitting-out of post offices.
Some records have been transferred from POST 14.
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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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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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
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11806/
Catalogue hierarchy
270 records
This record is held at The Postal Museum
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Within the fonds: POST
Records created or inherited by the Royal Mail Group plc and predecessors
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Post Office: Buildings, Furniture and Fittings
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