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| Keywords: Royal Mail stagecoach, 1805.jpg Hand coloured aquatint from 'The Costume of Great Britain' 1814 by George Walker The improvement in the road network in the mid 18th century led to the introduction of the mail coach in 1784 providing a combined pasenger and mail delivery service Mail coaches bore a distinctive livery of maroon and black and Post Office red wheels and the names of the towns at either end of the journey were painted on the doors Mail was stowed both in the foreboot beneath the coachman's feet and in the rear compartment The coach carried four pasengers inside and four more on top behind the driver Fares were paid to innkeepers at coaching inns along the route As well as the driver mail coaches carried an armed Mail Guard to protect the mail from highwaymen http //www ssplprints com/image php id 108198 idx 1 fromsearch true Science and Society Picture Library 1805 Pyne W H William Henry PD-old-100 Files uploaded by Darwinius Mail coaches in art William Pyne Royal Mail coaches | ||||
