King's Mails

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  • Telecommunication & postal services Mail & courier services inc packet services

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A postal system set up in Scotland in 1603 to facilitate the carrying of official mail between London and Edinburgh at a time when King of England ruled as King of Scotland through local Privy Council. Appointed postmasters at Edinburgh, Haddington, Cockburnspath and Berwick on Tweed. Superintendent of Postal Services established in 1616 to coordinate

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