General information

Web links on this page are direct links to further information that can be found within the BPMA website.

Information Sheets 

Information sheets are short histories researched and written by our staff on various aspects of the British postal service. They are useful for key facts, and as a starting point for your own research. You may also be interested in the History section which is gradually being redeveloped.

All our information sheets can be printed in large text if you contact us.  As PDF files you can magnify the text on screen.

Information Sheet - Airmail (PDF, 28KB)

Information Sheet - Animals (PDF, 28KB)

Information Sheet - Assistant Postmasters General (PDF, 96KB)

Information Sheet - Bicycles (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Caring for stamps and postal history (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - History of Disability in the Post Office (PDF, 109KB)

Information Sheet - Local History (PDF, 26KB)

Information Sheet - Mail Coaches (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Mail Rail (PDF, 26KB)

Information Sheet - Mount Pleasant (PDF, 36KB)

Information Sheet - Pensions (PDF, 127KB)

Information Sheet - Pillar Boxes (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Post Office Job Descriptions (PDF, 137KB)

Information Sheet - Post Office Rifles (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Post Office Uniforms (PDF, 25KB)

Information Sheet - the Post Office in the Second World War (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Postal History of India (PDF, 208KB)

Information Sheet - Postcodes (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Postmasters General (PDF, 132KB)

Information Sheet - Secretaries to the Post Office (PDF, 102KB)

Information Sheet - Sergeant Alfred Knight VC (PDF, 192KB)

Information Sheet - Travelling Post Office (PDF, 30KB)

Information Sheet - Transport (PDF, 35KB)