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'Edinburgh-London Royal Mail'. Artist: D Dally
Edinburgh-London Royal Mail. The improvement in the road network in the mid 18th century led to the introduction of the mail coach in 1784, providing a combined passenger and mail delivery service. Mail coaches bore a distinctive livery of maroon doors and lower panels, black upper panels and Post Office red wheels. The names of the towns at either end of the journey were painted on the doors. Mail was stowed both in the foreboot beneath the coachman's feet, and in the rear compartment. The coach carried four passengers inside, and four more on top behind the driver. Fares were paid to innkeepers at coaching inns along the route. As well as the driver, mail coaches carried an armed Mail Guard employed by the Post Office to protect the mail from highwaymen.
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4632px × 3034px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
19th century
ANIMAL
ANIMALS
Ann Ronan Pictures
ART
ARTS
Carriage
CLOUDY
Coachman
color
COMMUNICATIONS
D
D Dally
Dally
DRIVE
driver
eighteenth century
Female
Horse
HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE
HORSES
JOB
LADY
MAIL
MAIL COACH
Male
Man
Men
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
oil
Painting, Medium
PASSENGER
PASSENGERS
People
post
POSTAL SERVICE
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PROFESSION
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROYAL MAIL
Stage Coach
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Weather
Woman
Women