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themselves, demand Money for the Post of such Letters, and sometimes by counterfeiting the Marks of the Office exact
more than the legal Post would come to had they been regularly taxed in the Office. To prevent therefore as much as
possible this clandestine manner of carrying and delivering of Letters, which is very prejudicial to the Subject in many
Respects, and also a Loss to His Majesty's Revenue,
It is ordered by the Postmaster General, That every Letter Carrier whose Walk is within London, Westminster, or
Southwark, shall, as a Badge of his Employment, wear a Brass Ticket upon some (the most visible) Part of his Cloathing,
with the King's Arms upon it, which Ticket he is always to wear whilst he is upon Duty.
And all Persons who shall discover any Letter Carrier, Porter, or other Person or Persons whatsoever, delivering
Letters which should have passed through the General Post Office without such Badge or Ticket upon the most visible Part
of their Cloathing, are desired to give Information thereof to the Postmaster General, that the Offenders may be
prosecuted according to Law; and for such Information they shall meet with all fitting Encouragement.
JOS. GODMAN, Secretary.

-- 2 9 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, July 8, 1729)

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go every Night (Sundays excepted) from London to Tunbridge, and from
Tunbridge Wells to London, from Wednesday the 9th of this Instant July, during the Summer Season, as usual.

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