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William Dockwra organised a local mail service in London. In 1680 Dockwra opened his Penny Post with a head office in Lime Street, a few hundred yards from the General Post Office. Dockwra charged one penny for letters within the City and two pennies for the suburbs. Letters were only sent by prepayment. Dockwra opened several offices in London and every office had its own postmark. Dockwra used triangle shaped postmarks with the words "penny post paid". In the middle section a letter indicated the office: "L" for Lime Street, "W" for Westminster, "T" for Temple and "P" for St.-Paul's. These stamps are very rare, because only few have survived. Dockwra used also a heart-shaped stamp to indicate the hour of despatch. After a few years, when business went well for Dockwra, he was prosecuted by James (Duke of York) for infringing his postal monopoly. As a result of that Dockwra had to close his business in 1682 and The Post Office took over his organisation and nearly all employees. William Dockwra was offered a pension and later appointed as Controller, but eventually Dockwra was accused of mismanagement and lost job and pension. © 1999, R.T. van Capelleveen Back to Homepage  Shopping on the Internet Software | Free Classifieds | Free Downloads | Shops Free Stuff | Newsletters |
