The company said it had signed an exclusive agreement with the National Federation of Sub Postmasters.

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He made his New York debut this spring in a group show with Postmasters Gallery in Chelsea.

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The Thurn und Taxis family eventually won the lucrative position of postmasters-general for the Holy Roman Empire.

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The National Federation of Sub-Postmasters said that the decision was vital for the future of the post office network.

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In 1912, then Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock authorized local postmasters to allow postal employees and others to respond to the letters.

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The union said it wanted to secure a pay rise for Crown office counter staff, who have not had one since 2011, unlike other workers such as supply-chain staffers and postmasters.

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The people who represent the sub postmasters themselves.

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It has put in place the first 50 of at least 1, 000 computerised travel agency kiosks planned over the next five years, following an exclusive agreement with the National Federation of Sub Postmasters announced in October.

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The National Federation of Sub Postmasters.

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"This contract means the public and businesses will continue to have convenient, local access to essential services while sub-postmasters will retain income to allow them to continue to provide a Post Office service to their communities, " said the federation's general secretary, George Thomson.

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