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Circular delivery company
In postal history, a circular delivery company was a type of company which operated in Great Britain between 1865 and 1869 to deliver circulars and other printed matter at rates lower than the British Post Office charged. The service was outlawed in 1869 and a new cheaper postage rate for printed matter introduced in 1870. The stamps issued by the companies are much sought after by philatelists.
== Origins ==
The first such company was the ''Edinburgh and Leith Circular Delivery Company'' set up by Robert Brydone in 1865.〔''Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue, Volume 1: Queen Victoria''. 13th edition. London & Ringwood: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 2004, p.463. ISBN 0-85259-556-5〕 Brydone undertook to deliver circulars within the boundaries of Edinburgh and Leith for one farthing each.〔Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony. ''The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia''. 6th edition. London: Stanley Paul, 1966, p.71.〕 He also delivered parcels which were not covered by the Post Office's monopoly. Brydone, a printer by trade, was declared bankrupt in 1866 but moved to London to form the ''London Circular Delivery Company'' which merged with the ''Metropolitan Circular Delivery Company'' in 1867.〔
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