Express Mail, After Packets and Late Fees In India Before 1870, by M Smith/R Johnson.

Published by the Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2007.  S/B, 291pp.

A study of the forms of express and other related mail used in India during the mid 19^th century.  Inland Expresses, Overland Mail Expresses, and Expresses from Calcutta to Bombay, Madras to Bombay, and Bombay to Madras are discussed, as well as Late fees and the Madras, Bombay and Calcutta After Packets.  A rarity guide accompanies these sections.  There is also a chapter on the beginnings of mail by rail within the subcontinent.  Illustrated in black and white, with some colour plates.