This flintlock pistol was used, along with other weapons, on packet boats to protect the mail against theft or piracy. The manufacturer, Henry Nock, was a major supplier of guns to Weymouth and Falmouth packet stations, otherwise known as ports.
1800s James Moses Nobbs
1900s Mobile post office and tractor (trailer: 1937, tractor: 1954)
1700s John Pratt writes to John Palmer to inform him that he hasn’t been appointed to Government (August 1782), (from the private papers of John Palmer)
1700s Improving the speed and efficiency of mail delivery
1900s Battle of Britain 6 x 4d - first se-tenant designs (1965)
1700s ‘The Fat Man of Maldon’s whip’