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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY 1825 (27 Sept) letter headed 'General Post Office' from Sir Francis Freeling, secretary of the post office & renowned postal reformer, to Freeling senior. Freeling writes a six page letter about a meeting he had with Mark Peacock, solicitor to the post office, concerning a bankrupt called Austin. He tells his father, "It was a long business, I have bored you with a long statement which after all may be scarcely intelligible." Later, Freeling writes, "You will be amused with the enclosed cover from India…". From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, author "The history of the Post Office". Lot 1437 (M) [c]
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