Series GB 0813 POST 44 Series - Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices

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Reference code

GB 0813 POST 44 Series

Title

Post Office: Overseas Mail Organisation: Records on Colonial Post Offices

Date(s)

  • 1763-1951 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

40 files and 28 volumes

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Archival history

GB 0813 POST 44 Series 1763-1951 Series 40 files and 28 volumes

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This 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).

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

Public Record

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English

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See also; POST 9/19-22, Disbursements and Receipts Home and Colonial, POST 9/44-58, Debt ledgers, including colonies and POST 9/164, Alterations to salaries, Home and Colonial.

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Compiled in compliance with General Internation Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G) second edition 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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Scope and content

This 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).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

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Public Record

Conditions governing reproduction

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also; POST 9/19-22, Disbursements and Receipts Home and Colonial, POST 9/44-58, Debt ledgers, including colonies and POST 9/164, Alterations to salaries, Home and Colonial.

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Some of the items in this series are available on microfilm for viewing in the Search Room.

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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

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Compiled in compliance with General Internation Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G) second edition 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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Language(s)

  • English

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