'New General Post Office, St. Martin's-Le-Grand', c1872. View of the General Post Office in the City of London. The Neoclassical building designed by Robert Smirke was opened in 1829. Mail coaches departed from here to destinations across the country. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]