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Events on Monday 1 April 1680 2
1680London Penny Post EstablishedWilliam Dockwra launches a cheap prepaid city postWilliam Dockwra and Robert Murray set up a postal service that carried letters and small parcels anywhere in London and its suburbs for one penny. Postage was prepaid and stamped to show the time and place of posting. The Crown took the profitable service over in 1682 as part of its postal monopoly.
1680London Penny Post EstablishedWilliam Dockwra launches a cheap prepaid city postWilliam Dockwra and Robert Murray set up a postal service that carried letters and small parcels anywhere in London and its suburbs for one penny. Postage was prepaid and stamped to show the time and place of posting. The Crown took the profitable service over in 1682 as part of its postal monopoly.