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An Introduction to UK First and Second Class Official Mail, by J A Gunn/A J Gunn. Published by the authors, 2007. S/B, 43pp. An overview of the 1st and 2nd class mail sent from UK Government departments, with a focus on the early years of the two-tier postal system when these markings first came to be used. Adhesive labels, handstamped numerals and duplex marks, manuscript numeral marks, lettered handstamps, imprinted numerals, lettered imprinted marks, and PPIs are discussed. There are also chapters on the mail from the Royal Household and from the Post Office. Illustrated in colour. |