Post Office.- Palmer (John) Debates in Both Houses of Parliament...relative to the Agreement made by Government with Mr.Palmer, for the Reform and Improvement of the Post-Office and its Revenue, folding table, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, 1809 § House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on Postage Label Stamps, modern boards preserving original wrappers on covers, 1852; and another on the London to Edinburgh mail, 8vo (3)

⁂ A theatre proprietor in both Bath and Bristol, John Palmer (1742-1818) is now remembered perhaps most of all for his promotion of a network of mail coaches for the safe and speedy conveyance of mails on the principal routes from London. In 1784 a trial run on the Bristol-Bath-London road was hugely successful and Palmer was appointed surveyor and comptroller-general with a salary of £1500 and a 2½% share in the increased revenue of the Post Office. Palmer eventually fell out with the Post Office over contractual arrangements and was suspended but given a Post Office pension granted by William Pitt. This volume relates to Palmer's claims for compensation.

The second item was the ground-breaking report concerning perforated postage stamps which were introduced in 1854, the first use of such in the world.