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  2. Registered mail - Wikipedia

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    "Review of The History of the Post Office to 1836 by Herbert Joyce". The Academy. 44 (1125): 456– 457. Joyce, Herbert (1893). The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment Down to 1836. London: Richard Bentley & Son – via Internet Archive. Mackay, James A. (1982). Registered Mail of the British Isles. Dumfries, Scotland: James A ...

  3. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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    The stamp bears the words "Secures immediate delivery at a special delivery office,". In 1886 the Special Delivery service was expanded to all post offices and a new stamp was designed. The revised stamp was identical to the first issue of 1885 but instead bore the statement "Secures immediate delivery at any post office."

  4. Surface mail - Wikipedia

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    The service includes neither tracking nor insurance; [5] but it may be possible to purchase shipping insurance from a third-party company. USPS Commercial ePacket. The service is trackable. Ordinary first-class international airmail. Senders can access the International Surface Air Lift and ePacket services through postal wholesalers.

  5. Headlines in History 1921: Record for sending out ... - AOL

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    1921: During a 15-day period the Mishawaka post office dispatched a total of 8,250 parcels with a weight of 61,272 pounds. Over 30 tons in 15 days! Headlines in History 1921: Record for sending ...

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Airmail in the United States Post Office emerged in three stages beginning with the 'pioneer period' [57] where there were many unofficial flights carrying the mail prior to 1918, the year the US Post Office assumed delivery of all Air Mail. The US Post office began contracting out to the private sector to carry the mail (Contract Air Mail, CAM ...

  7. Sectional center facility - Wikipedia

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    A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes.

  8. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: 17 Historic and Unique Post ...

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    James A. Farley Post Office. New York The massive 1912 Beaux Arts treasure in Manhattan was the largest post office in the country for years, a staggering two-block icon of nearly 400,000 square feet.

  9. Package tracking - Wikipedia

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    Tracking packages with stationary bar code reader in a warehouse sorting operation. Package tracking or package logging is the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post at different points of time during sorting, warehousing, and package delivery to verify their provenance and to predict and aid delivery.