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  2. Parcel post - Wikipedia

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    A Belgian railway parcel stamp used in 1881 at Verviers. The international parcel service, which allowed the orderly shipment of mailed packages and parcels from one country to another according to predetermined rates, was established by the Universal Postal Union on 1 October 1881 (Great Britain, India, The Netherlands and Persia, 1 April 1882), following the agreement of 1880 in Paris during ...

  3. U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 - Wikipedia

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    In conjunction with Parcel Post stamps, Congress approved an act on August 24, 1912, for postage due stamps which were issued at the same time the Parcel Post stamps were issued, to be used when inadequate postage was affixed to a parcel. Postage-due stamps were affixed by the postmaster and the amount was supposed to be paid by the addressee.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    20¢ Parcel Post Stamp Issued in 1912. This was the first time in history an airplane appeared on a postage stamp. It was also in 1913, in January, that the Post Office introduced domestic parcel post service (a

  5. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    Also, at that time, the International Parcel Post air service was re-branded as Priority Mail International, and the Parcel Post surface service was discontinued for international destinations. [27] Regular Air Mail service began in 1918; over the years, rates varied considerably depending on distance and technology. Domestic Air Mail, as a ...

  6. Timeline of postal history - Wikipedia

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    1842 1 February City Despatch Post New York local post. 1843 1 March - Zürich issue their first stamps: Zürich 4 and 6. 1843 1 August - Bull's Eyes, first stamps of Brazil; 1843 30 September - Geneva issue their first stamps: Double Geneva. 1845 - Creation of the New York Postmaster's Provisional; 1845 - The US star routes begin operation.

  7. Rural Free Delivery - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, Sears sales tripled in the first five years after parcel post started in 1913. [10] The Post Office Department first experimented with the idea of rural mail delivery in 1896, to determine the viability of RFD. It began with five routes covering 10 miles, 33 years after free delivery in cities had begun.

  8. HuffPost Data

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    Interactive maps, databases and real-time graphics from The Huffington Post. HuffPost Data. Visualization, analysis, interactive maps and real-time graphics. Browse ...

  9. United States Post Office Department - Wikipedia

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    That same year, the U.S. Post Office and the postmaster general of Canada established parcel-post service between the two nations. [20] A bilateral parcel-post treaty between the independent (at the time) Kingdom of Hawaii and the USA was signed on December 19, 1888 and put into effect early in 1889. [21]