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In the American colonies, informal independently run
postal routes began in Boston as early as 1639.
Officially sanctioned mail service began in 1692 when King William III
granted a delivery "patent" to an English nobleman, By 1707 the Crown
bought the patent back and began its own operation by an act of
Parliament in 1711.
After the introduction of postage stamps in the UK A
private carrier of New York City, established a
"City Despatch Post" issuing stamps, bearing a portrait of
Washington.After he sold it to the U.S. Government the government began
operation of this local post on August 16, 1842 under an Act of Congress
of some years earlier which had authorized such local delivery.
The Act of Congress of 1845
established uniform postal rates throughout the nation authorizing the production of stamps
in 1847.
First-class postage rate history1639 - First American Post Office set up
in Boston
1672 - New York City mail service to Boston, Massachusetts
1674 - Mail service in Connecticut
1683 - William Penn begins weekly service to Pennsylvania and Maryland
1693 - service between colonies began in Virginia
1775 - First postmaster general appointed: Benjamin Franklin
1785 - First trans-Atlantic air-borne mail delivery by hot-air balloon
1799 - U.S. Congress passes law authorizing death penalty for mail
robbery
1813 - First mail carried by steamboat
1832 - First official railroad mail service
1857 - perforated stamps introduced
1860 - Pony Express started
1893 - First commemorative event stamps:
1913 - Parcel delivery began
1918 - First airmail stamps used
1920 - Transcontinental mail between New York and San Francisco
1958 - Well-known artists begin designing stamps
1963 - ZIP Codes introduced
the postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of
America
Initiated by South Carolina's secession from the United States in
December 1860, the Confederate States of America (CSA) came into
existence in1861 when seven seceding states came together
to form a central government (4 other states joined later in the year).
Each seceded first, then joined the CSA, yielding a short period,
sometimes only days, in which the state was technically independent of
both USA and CSA.
Although the Confederate government had contracted for the printing of
its own stamps, they were not yet available on June 1, forcing
postmasters all over the South to improvise.
simply accepting payment in cash and
applying a "PAID" handstamp to the envelope. to
regular stamps produced by local printers. Some are today among the
great rarities of philately.
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