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It was a very special delivery and this year marks 500 years of the Royal Mail – Mirror.co.uk


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It was a very special delivery and this year marks 500 years of the Royal Mail
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The foundations were laid in 1516 during the reign of Henry VIII when he made Sir Brian Tuke the first 'Master of the Posts'. He came up with a system where towns across the country had to have horses available to transport royal letters. In 1635

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