The Man for the Post Finish:10-pack 8th December 1976

8th December 1976

shows figures with fishing rods on the river bank

Actor Richard Briers seen here at his West London home

Original is panel and leather 67

whilst the sleeping man in the foreground is oblivious

The Man for the Post Finish:10-pack 8th December 1976'The Man for the Post', 1882. This cartoon depicts the blind Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett, weighed down with parcels containing all sorts of objects and of all shapes, sizes and weights. This relates to the recently announced details of the Parcel Post whereby the Post Office would handle parcels under a fixed weight for a fixed charge, irrespective of distance. From Punch, or the London Charivari, April 15, 1882.