England's Mail: Two Millennia of Letter Writing

This copy is in mint, unread condition, bright, white, tight and square, in illustrated card covers as issued. From Roman times until the 20th century, much of the administration of England was carried out through sending letters. In this richly researched and illustrated volume, Philip Beale gives an insight into the use of letters at a time when few could write, yet the power of the letter was undisputed. The author read history at Cambridge. He is the present President of the Society of Postal Historians and a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society. Ref MM3.