Series GB 0813 POST 66 Series - Post Office: Staff Pensions and Superannuation

19 files and 44 volumes

GB 0813 POST 66 Series 1713-1992 Series 19 files and 44 volumes

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This series relates to arrangements for the payment of pensions, the establishment of the Superannuation Fund in 1821 and the development of the types of pensions payable to include both contributory and non-contributory pensions.

POST 66/18-19 relates to the establishment of the allowance form system and POST 66/22 concerns discussions on the format of order books. POST 66/20 and 22 relate specifically to pensions paid in Guernsey and Jersey . POST 66/24 comprises brief histories of paid allowance and pension orders and postmasters accounts for the twentieth century. The class also includes information on changes to women's employment and salaries, pension fraud and copies of documents conveying a grace and favour pension paid to the Duke of Schonburg and Leinster (POST 66/1).

Date order within series.

Public Record

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English

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Further information may be found in POST 1 Treasury letters, which comprise recommendations to the treasury for pensions and gratuities, authorisation for expenditure, applications for pensions, and pension registers. POST 35 and POST 38 both have indexes to the names of staff receiving a pension which relate to details of that pension in the minutes. These details include the recipient's former employment and the amount paid.

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Compiled in compliance with General International 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 Social services Social security Pensions Women's employment Postal services Post Office Communication industry

Please contact the Archive for further information.

This series relates to arrangements for the payment of pensions, the establishment of the Superannuation Fund in 1821 and the development of the types of pensions payable to include both contributory and non-contributory pensions.

POST 66/18-19 relates to the establishment of the allowance form system and POST 66/22 concerns discussions on the format of order books. POST 66/20 and 22 relate specifically to pensions paid in Guernsey and Jersey . POST 66/24 comprises brief histories of paid allowance and pension orders and postmasters accounts for the twentieth century. The class also includes information on changes to women's employment and salaries, pension fraud and copies of documents conveying a grace and favour pension paid to the Duke of Schonburg and Leinster (POST 66/1).

Date order within series.

Public Record

Please contact the Archive for further information.

• English

• Latin

English

Further information may be found in POST 1 Treasury letters, which comprise recommendations to the treasury for pensions and gratuities, authorisation for expenditure, applications for pensions, and pension registers. POST 35 and POST 38 both have indexes to the names of staff receiving a pension which relate to details of that pension in the minutes. These details include the recipient's former employment and the amount paid.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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

• English