• In the Begining
• Mooving the Mail
• Mail by Rail
• Mail by Boat
• Airmail
• Pony Mail
• Unusual Mail
• Email History (I)
• Email history (II)
• Email History (III)
• Post Office History
• Safety of an Airmail
• Safety of Comercial Mailers
• Interesting Facts
• From the Beginning to the End
• Stamp History
  

The postal service beggins

On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed:

"That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary."

That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit.

This simple statement signaled the birth of the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the U.S. Postal Service and the second oldest federal department or agency of the United States.

Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General. Under him and his immediate successors, the postal system mainly carried communications between Congress and the armies.

America’s present Postal Service descends in an unbroken line from the system Franklin planned and placed in operation. History rightfully accords him major credit for establishing the basis of the system that has well served the growing and changing needs of the American people.