Beano stamp issued by Royal Mail

On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history.

The British Royal Mail first started using bicycles in 1880 ; now bicycle delivery fleets include 37, 000 in the UK, 25, 700 in Germany, 10, 500 in Hungary and 7000 in Sweden.

Mail armour provided an effective defence against slashing blows by an edged weapon and penetration by thrusting and piercing weapons ; in fact a study conducted at the Royal Armouries at Leeds concluded that " it is almost impossible to penetrate using any conventional medieval weapon " Generally speaking, mail's resistance to weapons is determined by four factors: linkage type ( riveted, butted, or welded ), material used ( iron versus bronze or steel ), weave density ( a tighter weave needs a thinner weapon to surpass ), and ring thickness ( generally ranging from 18 to 14 gauge in most examples ).

The major turnpikes radiated from London and were the means by which the Royal Mail was able to reach the rest of the country.

The counties remain in use for some purposes, including the three-letter coding of vehicle number plates, the Royal Mail postcode address file ( which records counties in all addresses although they are no longer required for postcoded mail ) and Lord Lieutenancies ( for which the former county boroughs are also used ).

# The national postal service for the sender's country ( e. g., the Royal Mail, UK ; US Postal Service, US ; Australia Post in Australia ; or Canada Post in Canada ) empties the postbox and takes all the contents to the regional sorting office.

Royal Mail had earlier stated that using the railway was five times more expensive than using road transport for the same task.

* Royal Mail Ship or Steamer, a ship prefix for vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail

If and when the airport eventually goes ahead, the Royal Mail ship will cease operations when flights begin.

In 2010, the Royal Mail announced that a series of Wallace and Gromit images would feature on the 2010 Christmas postage stamps

On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history, which included 2000 AD.

In 1894, British publishers were given permission by the Royal Mail to manufacture and distribute picture postcards, which could be sent through the post.

As well as the church, there is a pier, an athletics track, a small supermarket, Royal Mail post office, snackbar, hotel, police station, hospital, dental surgery and a library.

The military ensign was also to be used by civil government ships and buildings, such as the Customs, Harbour pilots and the Royal Mail.

For this use, the military ensign would have a white field included with a golden marker: For the Harbour pilots ( as of 1881, based on a proposal of 1825 ) an anchor with a star ; for the Customs ( as of 1844 ) the letter " T " topped a royal crown ; for the Royal Mail ( as of 1844 ) a postal horn with a royal crown.

* In 1838, it was decided that private ships contracted by the Royal Mail were to fly a double-tailed flag.

Until Kenyan independence in 1963, the fastest and most modern ferry,, was designated a Royal Mail Ship.

The Royal Mail postcode begins GL19.

* Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, the largest sorting office operated by Royal Mail

In 1946 the government set up a Royal Commission on the press which eventually led to the Press Council in 1953.

( Royal Academy of Arts, London, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Yale University press.

The British press also changed its coverage at the end of 1988, following a speech by Margaret Thatcher to the Royal Society advocating action against human-induced climate change.

Accordingly Wimsey accompanies " a Royal personage " to a public event, leading the press to carry pictures of both " Bredon " and Wimsey.

In a 1986 press release to the newspapers and leading magazines in Great Britain, Canada and the USA, the SPR retracted the Hodgson report, after a re-examination of the case by the Fortean psychic Dr. Vernon Harrison, past president of The Royal Photographic Society and formerly Research Manager to Thomas De La Rue, an expert on forgery, as follows: " Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was unjustly condemned, new study concludes.

The Shetlanders nautical skills were sought by the Royal Navy: some 3, 000 served during the Napoleonic wars from 1800 to 1815 and press gangs were rife.

Wayne proposed in January 1988, and they were married on July 17, 1988 in a lavish ceremony the Canadian press dubbed " The Royal Wedding ".

The documentary is frequently held responsible for the greater press intrusion into the Royal Family's private life since its first broadcast.

The effect of these raids, particularly when coupled with his capture of the Royal Navy's HMS Drake — the first such success in British waters, but not Jones's last — was to force the British government to increase resources for coastal defence, and to create a climate of fear among the British public which was subsequently fed by press reports of his preparations for the 1779 Bonhomme Richard mission.

A good example of this is the adjective " naff " to denote bad or shoddy, even used by the Princess Royal ( as a verb ) in a clash with the press some years later.

The press frequently follows the movements of the Royal Family, and can, at times, affect the group's popularity, which has fluctuated over the years.

The shortage of army vehicles after Dunkirk was so severe that the Royal Army Service Corps ( RASC ) was reduced to retrieving and refurbishing numbers of obsolete bus and coach models from British scrapyards to press them into use as troop transports.

When the revelations about Walther Sommerlath broke in the Swedish press, a palace spokesman said, " The Queen ’ s father has never been a part of the Royal Family and therefore I have no comment.

The Duchess has asserted that she declined to press for a large divorce settlement, in order to maintain cordial relations with the British Royal Family ; her actual settlement included £ 350, 000 in cash provided by the Queen which had no restrictions on its use and £ 500, 000 provided by the Queen for purchase of a home without restriction.

The plan succeeds a little too well for the servants ' liking, especially Victoria's chief secretary Sir Henry Ponsonby ( played by Geoffrey Palmer ) and The Prince of Wales ( played by David Westhead ) as well as other members of the Royal family ; the public, press and politicians soon come to resent Brown's perceived influence over the queen.

The phrase was originally coined by the Royal Court Theatre's press officer to promote John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.

It has been reported in the American press that as a practical day-to-day matter in their active Royal Navy service, both Charles and Andrew were referred to as " Lieutenant Windsor ".

1818 engraving depicting the coining press as used in the Royal Mint

LT Edward O ' Hare at press conference with LCDR John Thach and reporters at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on March 26, 1942.

Alongside a string of personal exhibitions, he also achieved much press attention for being the youngest entrant at the 1904 Royal Academy summer exhibition.

In practice, Royal Navy captains had to apply to colonial governors for a license to press men.

Ever " an eager defender and maintainer of the university and its privileges ," he was hostile to the Royal Society, which he regarded as a possible rival, and in 1686 he gave an absolute refusal to Obadiah Walker, afterwards the Roman Catholic master of University College, though licensed by James II, to print books, declaring he would as soon " part with his bed from under him " as his press.

At the time of the " Fokker Scourge " in 1915, there was a press campaign against the standardisation of Royal Aircraft Factory types in the Royal Flying Corps, allegedly in favour of superior designs available from the design departments of private British firms.