Canonum De Ius Rex
Canons of Sovereign Law

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2.13 Commonwealth Law Form

Article 179 - Post Office

Canon 6752 (link)

A Post Office is a corporate franchise first introduced in the mid 17th Century for the enclosure of the service of receipt, transmission and delivery of public and private letters, papers, packages and other matter between recognized trading posts as “ports” or “port-towns”.

Canon 6753 (link)

The first act of parliament creating the corporate franchise of Post Offices was under Charles II in 1660 (12 Car. II. c.35) granting the rights to Post to the Office of Post-Master General.