The royal mail: its curiosities and romance (1885)
Hyde, James Wilson · Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and Sons · leaf 180
152 THE ROYAL MAIL. “ Mr - is sorry to return the bracelet to be repaired. It came this morning with the box smashed, the bracelet bent, and one of the cairngorms forced out. Among the modern improvements of the Post-office appears to be the introduction of sledge-hammers to stamp with. It would be… … Delivering Arm, showing how the Pouch is suspended. The Travelling Post-office apparatus is said to have been originally suggested by Mr Eamsay of the General Post-office \ but his machinery was not very satisfactory when brought into practice. The idea was, however, improved upon by Mr Dicker, who…
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