The guard on an eighteenth century mail coach hands a commemorative satchel to his modern-day counterpart, a motor-cycle dispatch-rider of the British Post courier service. The coach made the trip from Bristol, in south-west England, to mark the 200th anniversary of the first mail-coach run. Five special stamps were issued for the occasion. Twenty horses worked in relays to pull the 164-year-old coach, which carried 35,000 first-day covers.
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Press, 24 October 1984, Page 39
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68The guard on an eighteenth century mail coach hands a commemorative satchel to his modern-day counterpart, a motor-cycle dispatch-rider of the British Post courier service. The coach made the trip from Bristol, in south-west England, to mark the 200th anniversary of the first mail-coach run. Five special stamps were issued for the occasion. Twenty horses worked in relays to pull the 164-year-old coach, which carried 35,000 first-day covers. Press, 24 October 1984, Page 39
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