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The mail, or post, is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Si
A postman collecting mail for delivery in Hong Kong, 2008
Many early post systems consisted of fixed courier routes, as seen in this 1832 depiction of a post house on a route in Finland.
The use of adhesive stamps and sealing wax to signify prepayment of postage began with the Scinde Dawk of British India on 1 July 1852, as part of a comprehensive reform of the postal system in Scinde under the East India Company.
Chinese postage stamp: 4-cent on 100-dollar silver overprint of 1949
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A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non-rectangular shapes may also be used but are rare.
Mail
…The mail, or post, is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th…
Example of a court card, postmarked 1899, showing Robert Burns and his cottage and monument in Ayr
Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 19th century
Lipman's Postal Card
The claimed first printed picture postcard