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The department was administered by the postmaster-general. The first permanent secretary of the department was Sir Robert Townley Scott, who held office from 1 July 1901 until his retirement on 31 December 1910. In its first 25 years, the department grew from 6,000 to 10,000 offices and from 18,000 to 47,000 staff. [2]
Giles Chippindall was born in Carlton, Melbourne on 21 May 1893. [1] He was educated at state schools in Victoria and Prahran College. [2]Chippindall joined the Australian Public Service in 1908 as a telegraph messenger in the Postmaster-General's Department.
From 1829 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department (or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s [9]: 60–65 ) and was a member of the president's Cabinet. During that era, the postmaster general was appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [9]: 120
In 1969, Blount was appointed as the Postmaster General by U.S. President Richard Nixon, and he supervised the transition in 1971 of the U.S. Post Office Department from a Cabinet-level department of the U.S. government to a special independent executive agency. He was thus the last Cabinet-level Postmaster General, and he served as the first ...
William F. Bolger (March 13, 1923 – August 21, 1989) was the 65th Postmaster General of the United States from March 15, 1978 to January 1, 1985. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut . Bolger served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II .
The practice of having a government official responsible for overseeing the delivery of mail throughout the nation originated in England.A 'Master of the Posts' is mentioned in the King's Book of Payments, with a payment of £100 being authorised for Sir Brian Tuke as 'Master of the King's Post' [1] in February 1512. [2]
In 1869, he opened his second store at 818 Chestnut Street, and, capitalizing on his own name due to the untimely death of his brother-in-law and growing reputation, renamed the company John Wanamaker & Co. In 1875, he purchased an abandoned railroad depot and converted it into a large store, called John Wanamaker & Co.
The Postmaster-General's Department kept both basic designs on issue for some time – 38 years for the Kangaroo and Map design, and 23 years for the George V (until his death). In about 1948, H. Dormer Legge published his study of the stamps: The Kangaroo Issues of the stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia .