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INTRODUCTORY 1

I. THE OLD POSTAL SYSTEM 39

II. SOME EARLY POSTAL REFORMERS 70

III. THE PLAN 92

IV. EXIT THE OLD SYSTEM 119

V. AT THE TREASURY 148

VI. THE STAMPS 185

VII. AT THE POST OFFICE 211

VIII. AT THE POST OFFICE (_Continued_) 245

IX. THE SUNSET OF LIFE 286