鸦片战争前英国在华客邮的衍变

广州在鸦片战争前是中国重要的通商口岸和信息中心,英国作为对华贸易的主要西方国家,为满足邮政通信的需求,推行了不同形式的客邮体制,对清代中期中英关系产生重要影响.这不仅是侵略中国邮权的见证,也为深入中外邮政史研究提供了珍贵的史料.

British foreign post in China before the Opium War

:Guangzhou had been an important trading port and an information center before the Opium War in China. In order to satisfy the needs of post communication, the Great Britain, as a major country to trade with China, developed a variety of foreign post systems that were important factors influencing Sino Britain relationship. These systems are the evidences of the British invasion of China Post; meanwhile, they provide valuable data for further research of China post history and foreign post in China.