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  2. J. W. Westcott II - Wikipedia

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    The US postal zip code 48222 is exclusive to the floating post office and its ship addressees; as of 2016, the boat has a contract with the US Postal Service through 2021. [2] The mail is delivered to the appropriate ships (mainly lake freighters) as they transit the Detroit River, utilizing ropes and buckets. [2]

  3. Surface mail - Wikipedia

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    Surface mail is transported via truck, rail, and ship, rather than by plane, as in this FedEx Ground truck. Surface mail, also known as sea mail, is mail that is transported by land and sea (along the surface of the Earth), rather than by air, as in airmail. Surface mail is significantly less expensive but slower than airmail, and thus is ...

  4. Mail boat - Wikipedia

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    Large modern day mail boat. Mail boats or postal boats are a boat or ship used for the delivery of mail, and sometimes transportation of goods, people and vehicles, in communities where bodies of water commonly separate settlements, towns or cities, often where bridges are not available. [1]

  5. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The seal of the Post Office Department showed a man on a running horse, even as railroads and, later, motorized trucks and airplanes moved mail. In 1971, the Post Office became the United States Postal Service, with rates set by the Postal Regulatory Commission, with some oversight by Congress. Air mail became standard in 1975. In the 21st ...

  6. USPS says some rural mail delivery could get slower amid cost ...

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    A USPS fact sheet about the proposed changes notes that the plan would have no impact on 75% of first-class mail. The combination of higher prices and slower delivery raises the risk that the USPS ...

  7. Container ship - Wikipedia

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    This railroad can typically deliver containers in 1/3 to 1/2 of the time of a sea voyage, and in late 2009 announced a 20% reduction in its container shipping rates. [109] With its 2009 rate schedule, the TSR will transport a forty-foot container to Poland from Yokohama for $2,820, or from Pusan for $2,154. [109]

  8. An inside look at UPS as holiday shipping deadlines near

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    CBS News correspondent Nancy Chen tagged along at a UPS training facility with a driver amid the holiday season rush.

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