Mail
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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
Courier
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A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercia
Courier in Taipei, Taiwan, organizing parcels for delivery
A hikyaku (courier or postman), Japan, hand-coloured albumen print by Felice Beato, between 1863 and 1877
A Ya-Yieh or Yamen Runner in Western China, 1915
An image of three takeout boxes and one paper bag sitting on the passenger seat of a car while the delivery driver drives in the foreground.