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 Royal Mail Coach Liverpool, 1813


Mail Coach Liverpool to Preston 1813

 

The London-Liverpool mail coach started about 1785.  This advert is from 1813, by which time the Royal Mail's network of mail coaches had expanded with coaches between Liverpool and Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Holyhead, Shrewesbury & Manchester.

Passengers could be carried on these coaches. Note that some are advertised as being  "well lighted and guarded"  because certain routes were prone to attack by highwaymen, mobs and other vagabonds!

Prime Bang-up meant "Quite the thing. Excellent".



 

A letter sent from Blackpool to Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1819.

A letter sent from Blackpool to Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1819. It is stamped "PRESTON PENNY POST" and "BLACKPOOL 212" which stood for the mileage from London.