CARRYING BRITISH MAIL OVERSEAS by Howard Robinson. Fine hardback (1964 327pp), with excellent background on the development of the mail, 'Beginnings of a Foreign Postal Service', 'A Postmaster-General for Foreign Parts', 'The Foreign Services 1660-1700', 'Rise of the Atlantic Services', 'Atlantic mails in peace and War', 'The Packets during the American Revolution', and so forth ...'The Second World War and After'. (Ref 84818).
