Royal Mail: 500 years of history celebrated in online gallery
2016 commemorates 500 years since Henry VIII knighted Brian Tuke, the first Master of the Posts, in 1516. To celebrate this anniversary, Royal Mail is working with its heritage partner, the British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA), to create an online gallery of 500 objects, people and events – www.royalmailgroup.com/500years – telling the story not only of the postal service but also of its contribution to social and political development over the last 500 years.
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