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We did not find the website of The British Postal Museum & Archive terribly helpful whereas The Wargrave Local History Society is far more informative and with reference to the GLO says: "Charles II appointed Henry Bishop as the first Postmaster General who established the General Letter Office. All the post went to London, where clerks calculated the charge to be paid by the recipient".

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General Letter Office

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General Letter Office

Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...

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