Here are a few items associated with Bristol starting with a letter from Hotwells to Lincoln's Inn with a "7 / P P / P" messenger handstamp. The handstamp indicated that the local post had been paid, the handstamp being applied by the messenger who had collected the letter whilst on his rounds.
The item below is a completed insurance form going from Glastonbury to Norwich which was missent to Bristol in 1822. The reverse has two postage charges, a stylised "10" for the charge to London which was crossed out in London and replaced with a "1/-" for the total charge to Norwich.
The letter below was prepaid by the sender and has a "PAID / AT / BRISTOL" mark to indicate this.
Parliamentary Notices were treated like Registered Mail but were kept separate. They had to have "Parliamentary Notice" on the front but the word "Registered" was prohibited.
Book Post was introduced in 1848, becoming Printed Matter from 1916.
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