CENTENARY OF THE PENNY POST
... agreed it was fine, but the Post Office objected strenuously. It was got through Parliament during 1839, however, and the then Whig Government gave Hill a Treasury appointment to work out the scheme. ...
... agreed it was fine, but the Post Office objected strenuously. It was got through Parliament during 1839, however, and the then Whig Government gave Hill a Treasury appointment to work out the scheme. ...