In 19th century London, mail was delivered up to 19 times a day. Postage in England was based on sheets and distance before the use of stamps. Recipients could reject mail if they didn’t want to pay.
Long before the advent of telephones and e-mail, postal delivery was the primary way people stayed in touch, depending on its frequency and regularity. In late 19th century London, mail was delivered to homes up to 19 times a day. The first delivery typically started around 12.70pm and the last around 7.30pm. “In London, people would complain if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours,” said Catherine J. Golden, the author of Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing.
If only junk mail could be rejected:
In England in the 1830s, postage was calculated on the basis of the number of sheets sent and the number of miles the postman had to travel.
Before postage stamps were used in the mid-1800s, the person receiving mail had to pay the postman for the delivery. The recipient had the option of rejecting the mail rather than paying.
The official postal service in England began in 1692, when King William III granted the exclusive right to set and collect a postal tax to an English nobleman.
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