'BISHOP'S STORTFORD An Outline Postal History' by P A Forrestier Smith. A fine copy of this excellent 1972 ring bound publication published by the East Anglia Postal History Study Circle. Contents: The Start of the Service: The Years to 1700: Before the Mail Coach 1700-1785: The Mail Coach Era 1785-1842: Railway and Mail Cart 1842-1852: Staff and Wages: Fifty Years of Stortford: Postmasters and Post Offices: A Chapter of Accidents: postmarks with Appendix on Village Sub Offices, the Old Crown Inn at Hockerill, Prosecution briefs, Ann cannon' The Penny Post of 1817, Day Mail 1868 and Directory Abstracts. (Ref 91109).
