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Listing of Notices 1720 to 1729

References at right are the codes from the Raguin book.

Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Slow and Colebrooke
General Post-Office, London, April 22, 1720
NEWS –2002
Spain and Portugal. Communication between Falmouth and Corunna re-opened May 24th
General Post-Office, London, May 16, 1720
NEWS –2003
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, London, June 27, 1720
NEWS –2004
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Slow and Colebrooke
General Post-Office, London, August 8, 1720
NEWS –2005
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Harehatch and Maidenhead
General-Post-Office, London, September 5, 1720
NEWS –2006
Mail robbery. West mail robbed near Sherborne, Dorset
General Post-Office, London, October 19, 1720
NEWS –2007
Mail robbery. Make bills and notes payable three days after sight to prevent robberies
General Post-Office, London, October 19, 1720
NEWS –2008
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Bristol
-NEWS General Post-Office, London, October 24, 1720
–2009
Cross Roads opened in various places
General-Post-Office, London, December 9, 1720
NEWS –2010
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Colebrook and Longford
General Post-Office, London, January 18, 1721
NEWS –2101
Mail robbery. Bristol and Gloucester mail robbed near Slow
General Post-Office, London, February 6, 1721
NEWS –2102
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General-Post-Office, London, June 27, 1721
NEWS –2103
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Maidenhead and Slow
Whitehall, August 9, 1721
NEWS –2104
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Maidenhead
Whitehall, September 29, 1721
NEWS –2105
Regulations regarding the spreading of the contagion which rages in France
Whitehall, October 3, 1721
NEWS –2106
Mail robbery. Benjamin Child & William Wade, robbers of the Bristol mail, apprehended
General Post Office, London, January 5, 1722
NEWS –2201
Person, owner of a blank state lottery ticket stolen in the Western mail, asked to identify himself
General Post-Office, London, January 20, 1722
NEWS –2202
Mail robbery. Western mail robbed near Sherborne in Dorsetshire
Whitehall, February 21, 1722
NEWS –2203
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Longford, Middlesex
Whitehall, April 16, 1722
NEWS –2204
Mail robbery. Reward of £200 for the apprehension and conviction of highwaymen
Whitehall, April 16, 1722
NEWS –2205
Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Colebrook, Bucks
General Post-Office, April 18, 1722
NEWS –2206
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General-Post-Office, July 16, 1722
NEWS –2207
Writer of a letter to the Postmaster General asked to identify himself
General Post-Office, London, February 11, 1723
NEWS –2301
Mail robbery. Gloucester and Bristol mail robbed near Longford, Middlesex
General Post-Office, London, February 12, 1723
NEWS –2302
Tunbridge Wells summer schedule
General Post-Office, London, June 28, 1723
NEWS –2303
Mail robbery. Chester mail robbed between Redbourne and St. Albans
NEWS(Julian Calendar. January 22, 1724} General-Post-Office, January 22, 1725
–2501
Recommended way of preventing bank notes from being stolen
NEWS(Julian Calendar. March 15, 1724} General Post-Office, March 15, 1725
–2502
Mail robbery. Post boy robbed near Bristol
General Post-Office, October 7, 1725
NEWS –2503
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, July 11, 1726
NEWS –2601
Portugal. Corunna packet boat will not run any longer. Use Lisbon mail instead
General Post-Office, London, March 4, 1727
NEWS –2701
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, July 5, 1727
NEWS –2702
Spain. Route to Corunna is open again for the mail to Northern Portugal every other Tuesday
General Post-Office, May 22, 1728
NEWS –2801
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, June 19, 1728
NEWS –2802
Illegal carrying of the mail. A caution
General Post Office, June 25, 1728
NEWS –2803
Tunbridge Wells. Summer schedule
General Post-Office, July 8, 1729
NEWS –2901