The Railway Mail Service of the United States Post Office Department was a significant mail transportation service in the US from the mid-19th century...
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The Railway Mail Service (RMS) Library is a major collection of materials pertaining to en route distribution history. Incorporated in May 2003, it can...
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specifically for staff to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits...
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Catcher pouch (redirect from Mail hook)
Lingo". Guide and Glossary of Terms for Mobile Unit Substitutes, Railway Mail Service Library. Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved August 16, 2012. Cushing...
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code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has established...
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carriage and delivery of letter mail. Today the USPS is empowered to suspend the PES, if it believes such a private postal service would be in the interests...
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Grumman LLV (redirect from USPS Mail truck)
model designed as a mail truck for the United States Postal Service, which has been its primary user since it first entered service in 1986, 39 years ago...
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Mail boat and floating ZIP Code Mail jumping – Type of mail delivery Wilking, Clarence (1985). The Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service Library...
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Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMb) is a 65-bar barcode for use on mail in the United States. The term "Intelligent Mail" refers to services offered by the...
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Oshkosh NGDV (category United States Postal Service)
Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) is a mail truck for the United States Postal Service (USPS). The contract, which is valued at $6 billion...
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protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal...
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ZIP Code (section International mail)
postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping...
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Japan and New Zealand. Wilking, Clarence. (1985) The Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service Library, Boyce, Virginia. Available as an MS Word file at...
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Terminal railway post offices were sorting facilities which were established by the Railway Mail Service to speed the distribution of parcel post. These...
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Postal Service (USPS) and are now called air mail centers (AMC). Wilking, Clarence. (1985) The Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service Library, Boyce...
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Transport portal Philately portal Boat railway post office – Over-water postal service in the US J. W. Westcott II – Mail boat and floating ZIP Code Seiser...
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Seattle Washington, D.C. Railway post office Wilking, Clarence. (1985) The Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service Library, Boyce, Virginia. Available...
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referring to the courier service of the ancient Persian Empire: This slogan is not a formal commitment, and in fact the USPS may delay mail during bad weather...
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Highway Post Office (category United States Postal Service)
discontinued in 1974. Railway Mail Service Library Wilking, Clarence. (1985) The Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service Library, Boyce, Virginia. Available...
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The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive...
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Rural Free Delivery (category United States Postal Service)
deliver mail directly to rural destinations. The program began in the late 19th century. Before that, people living in rural areas had to pick up mail themselves...
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Postal Service (USPS) provides Priority Mail Express for domestic U.S. delivery, and offers two types of international Express Mail services, although...
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List of postal killings (category United States Postal Service)
postal service, drove five of his family members out into the woods, in two trips, and killed them. He then took 8 shots at postmaster Morin, senior mail clerk...
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termination of the USPS postal monopoly on first-class mail, as well as to contract delivery service (CDS), the contracting out of postal work to non-USPS...
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was a service class of the United States Post Office Department (USPOD) and its successor United States Postal Service (USPS) delivering air mail by aircraft...
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February 20, 1792. William Goddard, a Patriot printer frustrated that the Royal Mail was unable to reliably deliver his Pennsylvania Chronicle to its readers...
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The American Letter Mail Company was an American mail company started by Lysander Spooner in 1844 to compete against the legal monopoly of the United...
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National Postal Museum (category United States Postal Service)
deliver mail throughout the history of the USPS, including planes, trains and automobiles. Historical exhibits guide visitors through the postal service's inception...
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Mail cover is a law enforcement investigative technique in which the United States Postal Service, acting at the request of a law enforcement agency,...
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Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (section President's Commission on the United States Postal Service)
private mailers for pre-sorting mail was also to blame. In December of 2002, President Bush created the Commission on the United States Postal Service. It...
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