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Royal Postal System

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establishment by Louis XI

  • In postal system: Growth of the post as a government monopoly

    …Louis XI set up a Royal Postal Service in 1477 employing 230 mounted couriers. In England, a Master of the Posts was appointed by Henry VIII in 1516 to maintain a regular postal service along the main roads radiating from London. Neither of these systems was comprehensive, nor were they…

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