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A local post is a mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route. Historically, some local posts have been operated by government
An 1865 local stamp of the Danube and Black Sea Railway Kustendje Harbour Company Limited
Local stamps of the 1865 Liannos et Cie post in Constantinople
Private local postage stamp of Hamburg, issued 1863
Local postage stamp of Helsinki, issued 1955
Thule
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Thule is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. First written of by the Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia in about 320 BC, it was often described
Local post
…of Hamburg, issued 1863 Local postage stamp of Helsinki, issued 1955 A Rattlesnake Island local post cover of 31 December 1966 A local post stamp of Thule, Greenland A local post is a mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route…
Thule as Tile on the Carta marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, where it is shown located to the northwest of the Orkney islands, with a "monster, seen in 1537", a whale ("balena"), and an orca nearby
A local stamp of Greenland 1936, inscribed Thule