The General Post Office One minute to Six 1860 Frame:none different railway companies ran the

different railway companies ran the two separate station buildings of Victoria

with Wapping seen across the river

George Davison Reid positioned himself in the busy forecourt of Victoria station to take this photo

Pauls Cathedral at night

Packed in a corn starch clear bag

The General Post Office One minute to Six 1860 Frame:none different railway companies ran theThe General Post Office, One minute to Six. Oil on canvas. The chaotic rush to catch the last post at the General Post Office in St Martin's le Grand became such an event in Victorian London that people came to watch. With the introduction of the Penny Post in 1840 and the removal of the stamp tax on newspapers, which encouraged the growth of a cheap daily press, many more letters and newspapers were sent by post. This scene came to symbolise the ever