General Letter Office
04/25/1660 AD decreed
1660 saw the establishment of the General Letter Office in the restored Kingdom of England, which would later become the General Post Office (GPO). A similar position evolved in the Kingdom of Scotland prior to the 1707 Acts of Union.
The Post Office An Act for erecting and establishing a Post Office, printed Act of Parliament dated April 25th 1660 → Charles II – The Post Office An Act...
In 1657 an Act entitled Postage of England, Scotland and Ireland Settled set up a system for the British Isles, which had been unified under Oliver Cromwell as a result of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and enacted the position of Postmaster General. The Act also reasserted the postal monopoly for letter delivery and for post horses. After the Restoration in 1660, a further Act (12 Car II, c.35) confirmed this and the post of Postmaster General, the previous Cromwellian Act being void.
Subjects Who or What decreed?
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Charles II of England (Merry Monarch) King of England, S...
Objects To Whom or What was decreed?
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General Post Office (GPO) The state postal system ...
Events in 1660 MORE
