Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Department of Industry and predecessors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and...
Catalogue reference: FV 66
What's it about?
FV 66
Files selected cover the period from 1969, when the General Post Office ceased to be a government department and was incorporated as a business under the Post Office Act 1969. Some files contain papers dating prior to 1969; and two files contain...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Industry and predecessors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and predecessors: Registered Files (TGB Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1967-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files selected cover the period from 1969, when the General Post Office ceased to be a government department and was incorporated as a business under the Post Office Act 1969. Some files contain papers dating prior to 1969; and two files contain papers from 1959. Files cover the appointments of the first chairman of the Post Office and his successor, other key staff, and members of the Post Office Board. Other files reflect the development of Post Office services, such as the procurement and supply of telephone equipment.
The TGB series was started by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) on the creation of the MPT in 1969.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former alpha-numeric reference
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- TGB file series
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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)
- 115 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department of Trade and Industry
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15089/
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Department of Industry and predecessors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and predecessors: Registered Files (TGB Series)
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