Post riders or postriders describes a horse and rider postal delivery system that existed at various times and various places throughout history. The term is usually reserved for instances where a network of regularly scheduled service was provided under some degree of central management by the State or State licensed monopoly.
Post rider shown on postage stamp of Saarland
Cabbies in their brightly coloured outfit, in Bucharest, around 1868. The cabbies foul language, curt features and fiery temper, have become a motif in Romanian proverbs.
A post road is a road designated for the transportation of postal mail. In past centuries, only major towns had a post house and the roads used by post riders or mail coaches to carry mail among them were particularly important ones or, due to the special attention given them, became so. In various centuries and countries, post road became more or less equivalent to main road, royal road, or highway. The 20th century spread of postal service blurred the distinction.
Old Albany Post Road in Philipstown, New York, a section that remains unpaved and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
18th century milestone on the Boston Post Road
