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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-office |
| Autor | William Lewins |
| Editor | S. Low, son, and Marston, 1864 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 30 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 348 páginas |
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