The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services...
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Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship or Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail...
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in the U.K., the Royal Mail delivers the post, while in North America both the U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post deliver the mail. The term email, short...
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Canada Post (redirect from Canadian Royal Mail)
functions as the primary postal operator in Canada. Originally known as Royal Mail Canada (the operating name of the Post Office Department of the Canadian...
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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was Per Mare Ubique...
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first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company in Glasgow with...
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Titanic (redirect from Royal Mail Steamer Titanic)
of cargo. Under the designation of Royal Mail Ship (RMS), Titanic carried mail under contract with the Royal Mail (and also for the United States Post...
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International Distribution Services (redirect from Royal Mail plc)
International Distribution Services plc (formerly Royal Mail Limited, Royal Mail plc and International Distributions Services plc) is a British company...
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The Royal Mail Case or R v Kylsant & Otrs was a noted English criminal case in 1931. The director of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Lord Kylsant...
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RMS Olympic (redirect from Royal Mail Steamer Olympic)
of Britannic, the third ship of the class. At the subsequent inquiry the Royal Navy blamed Olympic for the incident, alleging that her large displacement...
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British business executive, who has been the chief executive (CEO) of Royal Mail since January 2021. Thompson's appointment as CEO was announced on 11...
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October 1959 and 1974, having been devised by the General Post Office (Royal Mail). The system uses alphanumeric codes to designate geographic areas. A...
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Express mail is an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery. Express mail is a service for domestic and...
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The 2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes . The dispute centred on 'modernisation plans' which Royal Mail said were required to remain competitive, however...
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Military mail, as opposed to civilian mail, refers to the postal services provided by armed forces that allow serving members to send and receive mail. Military...
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Letter (message) (redirect from Letter mail)
November 1919. It had taken 89 years to be delivered by the Royal Mail. However, Royal Mail denied this, saying that it would be impossible for a letter...
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substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. In the Royal Mail, the official name changed from "letter carrier" to "postman" in 1883...
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RMS St Helena (redirect from Royal Mail Ship St Helena)
At least two ships have borne the name RMS St Helena: RMS St Helena (1963) RMS St Helena (1989) This article includes a list of ships with the same or...
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Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification...
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one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. Until 1996, Royal Mail required counties to be included in addresses, except for 110 of the larger...
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Royal Mail Online Postage (OLP), introduced in early 2006 but not promoted heavily until September 2006, is an online service provided by Royal Mail in...
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Vesa's shareholding in Royal Mail (owned by parent company International Distributions Services). In April 2024, the owner of Royal Mail, International Distribution...
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This is a list of postcode areas, used by Royal Mail for the purposes of directing mail within the United Kingdom. The postcode area is the largest geographical...
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Scotland instead of the Royal Cypher for Elizabeth II. Private boxes emptied by Royal Mail do not have to carry a cypher. Royal Mail post boxes manufactured...
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A Royal Mail rubber band is a small red elastic loop used by the postal delivery service in the United Kingdom. In the course of its work, the Royal Mail...
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Red Funnel (redirect from The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Limited)
the trading name of the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited, is a ferry company that carries passengers...
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London. Retrieved 23 June 2013. "Royal Mail launches major series of Olympic Stamps for London 2012". Royal Mail Group. 24 August 2009. Archived from...
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delivers mail to local Royal Mail sorting offices for last mile delivery through downstream access. UK Mail competes primarily with Royal Mail and Whistl...
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The Bristol Royal Mail Choir is an amateur choral ensemble made up of employees of Royal Mail. The choir was founded in April 2012 by choirmaster Gareth...
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In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram or monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the...
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