Sale No: 853
Lot No: 2863
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VERY EARLY POSTAL REFORM PAMPHLET (25 YEARS BEFORE HILL's) - PLAN TO EXPEDITE SCOTTISH MAILS; [c.Dec.] 1822 36-page pamphlet; "Plan for Expediting the Mail from London to Edinburgh so that it shall arrive at one o’clock on the second day (and eventually earlier), proceed immediately for the North of Scotland, and cross at the Queensferry all the year in day-light" (ex-binding but very fine except for a small fault on the final page affecting only a few words). Only three copies of this pamphlet are recorded in private hands, and there are very few in institutional collections. It seems almost certain that this pamphlet was written by the very early Edinburgh Postal Reformer, William Gallaway (1772-1851), who was the 'Scottish Rowland Hill'. The contents - like Hill's pamphlets - quote Government Reports and statistics, especially the 1822 report from the Committee investigating the London to Holyhead route. It notes the new 1d surcharge for the Conway route from Liverpool to Edinburgh, proposes a similar extra ½d rate for the Scottish scheme, and notes the problems making the London to Dublin mails bypass Birmingham. One of the earliest of all Postal Reform pamphlets; it easily fits on an album page. Rare and Important. [For further details of this pamphlet and about William Gallaway, see the new RPSL book by James G-T on 'International Postal Reforms', pp.117-125.] Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, EXPRESS MAIL, LITERATURE - PHILATELIC, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Oct-05-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
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