Early US Parcel Post: How It All Started

When parcel post was first launched in the USA in 1913 some 1,594 post offices reportedly dealt with over 4 million parcels in the first five days that the service was opened. A new business in specialty packaging grew up from the special demands that were now placed on the business. There was very little that could not and was not sent by parcel post in the first few years that was opened.

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