Series GB 0813 POST 19 Series - Post Office: Postal Business Statistics

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GB 0813 POST 19 Series

Title

Post Office: Postal Business Statistics

Date(s)

  • 1839-2001 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

440 volumes and 48 files

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Archival history

GB 0813 POST 19 Series 1839-2001 Series 440 volumes and 48 files

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This Post Class contains statistics relating to Post Office business, including returns of delivered, posted and registered mails, 1839-1913; comparative summaries of annual returns of work and staff hours from Head Post Offices in the United Kingdom, covering 1923-1966; returns of work and staff on Travelling Post Offices and Sorting Carriages, 1951-1974; and postal business key performance statistics, 1973-1985. Also includes statistics relating to Quality of Service (1985-1989 and 1992).

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

Public Record

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English

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For items relating to methods of compiling and presenting postal statistics see Post Class 8.

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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

Entry checked June 2011 Statistical data Statistics Postal services Post Office Communication industry

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This Post Class contains statistics relating to Post Office business, including returns of delivered, posted and registered mails, 1839-1913; comparative summaries of annual returns of work and staff hours from Head Post Offices in the United Kingdom, covering 1923-1966; returns of work and staff on Travelling Post Offices and Sorting Carriages, 1951-1974; and postal business key performance statistics, 1973-1985. Also includes statistics relating to Quality of Service (1985-1989 and 1992).

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The material is arranged in chronological order within series.

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Public Record

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For items relating to methods of compiling and presenting postal statistics see Post Class 8.

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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Rules and/or conventions used

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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