Post Office stamps on first mail coach
11th August 1984, Page 47
11th August 1984
Page 47
Page 47, 11th August 1984
— Post Office stamps on first mail coach
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IF THE GOVERNMENT had not heeded John Palmer's protest, the Post Office would have been able to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first mailcoach service by issuing a strip of five special 16p stamps depicting mail coaches from different parts of the country. Three of them show some of the hazards on their journeys.
None of these, however, applied to Eastern Counties' Norfolk Flyer, which carried 500 first-day covers bearing a special Norfolk Flyer handstamp and signed by the coach driver, from Norwich to London. Meanwhile, ordinary mail users fume at the usual delays, such as the statutory five days for a postcard, and the prospect of even higher charges in September.