In the UK, Post Office counter services and Royal Mail are run by two separate companies. Let's explore the stories behind them in this episode. 00:00 Introduction 00:35 The problem 02:22 Early postal services 04:48 General Post Office 09:19 Morden postal services 13:10 Stamp issuer 17:32 Ending Follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/richphilatelist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardphilatelist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardphilatelist Support My Channel: https://ko-fi.com/richardphilatelist Relate Videos The Tube Map Stamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R07N9yQFQLk&t=484s The Great American Stamp Show '22: #philately 31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3DUL6VDKwk&t=2s Related Pages Official Websites: Royal Mail Group: https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en Royal Mail: https://www.royalmail.com/ Parcelforce Worldwide: https://www.parcelforce.com/ Post Office: https://www.postoffice.co.uk/ Royal Mail Group - our stories: https://www.royalmailgroup.com/en/about-us/our-story/ Post Office Logos: https://logos-world.net/post-office-logo/ Royal Mail Logos: https://logos-world.net/royal-mail-logo/ A short history of the Post Office: https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/a-short-history-of-the-post-office/ Rebranded to Consignia: https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/post-office-spends-2m-rebrand-consignia/12627 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1107663.stm The Post Office (House of commons Library): https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7550/CBP-7550.pdf Royal Mail: Myth-Buster: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239307/bis-13-756-royal-mail-myth-busters-revised-sep12-2013.pdf UPU UK page: https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=318#mb--1 Find stamp booklets at Jerwood Philatelics:https://www.jerwoodphilatelics.co.uk/ Find posters, FDCs Presentation Packs at CollectGBStamps: https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/default.asp Wikipedia pages: GPO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Post_Office Royal Mail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail Post Office Ltd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Ltd Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Great_Britain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3CAXHo_NLQ

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Let’s talk about the railway and the travelling post office of the Isle of Man Sorry about the mistake at 3:22, The length of steam railway is 15.5 miles, not 17. The length of electric railway is 17 miles. Follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/richphilatelist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardphilatelist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardphilatelist Related videos: Stamps and Postal History of the Isle of Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2EbRgc1vg&t=471s The Travelling Post Office Train at the Great Central Railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stIh4RweYns&t=68s What are Cinderella Labels? (Exploring Stamps): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VtVhDpQPpY Related pages: Travelling Post Office by the Postal Museum: https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/travelling-post-offices/ Manx Electric Railway: https://manxelectricrailway.co.uk/ Van No. 4: https://manxelectricrailway.co.uk/wagons/no-4/ Isle of Man Heritage Railways: https://www.iombusandrail.im/heritage/ Isle of Man stamps: https://www.iompost.com/stamps-coins/ The Railway Letter Stamps: https://www.iompost.com/stamps-coins/collection/manx-electric-railway-125th-anniversary-/manx-electric-railway-125th-anniversary-stamps-special-folder/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgDNBzVbHZg