Post Office counter services
Post offices have long provided an important service to the public. Not only do they sell stamps and other postal products over the counter, they also provide access to a variety of other services such as licences, financial products, travel services and the drawing of pensions.
The number of services that are offered over the counter is reducing, but the post office is often still a vital resource to those living in remote areas. When other provisions are scarce it can become the hub of the community.
First Adhesive Postage Stamp
The world's first adhesive postage stamps, the Penny Black and the Two Penny Blue, became valid for...
Old Age pension book cover
Old age pensions started to be paid from post offices in 1909. Pension payments were issued in bound...
Post Office Savings book
The Post Office Savings Bank opened on 16 September 1861. Set up to encourage people to save,...
Fiscus home safe
The Post Office Savings Bank provided home safes to its customers. These lockable boxes allowed...
Taylor Law & Co. red home safe
The first book type home safe, made from metal with a coloured finish. This design was chosen as a...
Mobile Post Office
In the 1930s the Post Office felt there was a need for telegraph, telephone and postal facilities at...
TV licence
The first television licence was issued for £2 in June 1946. After February 1971 radio (or...
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Counter Services
Post Office Counter Services are an important element of postal operations
Our collection covers all aspects of counter services work, and includes typical fittings from local Post Offices.
Rowland Hill's reforms
The story of prepaid postage and the first postage stamps
The reforms introduced by Rowland Hill in the Victorian period changed the face of the British postal service for ever.
