Postal Innovations

Envelopes, postcards and the first postal orders...

Image of Envelopes: the Mulready design

Envelopes: the Mulready design

Before 1840 almost no paid mail was enclosed in an envelope.

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Envelope-making machines

The development of the envelope-folding machine.

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Postcards

Inspired by the Austrian postal administration, the first British postcards were issued in 1870.

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Post Office Savings Bank & Postal Orders

The introduction of the postal order.

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