Significant Dates |
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1775 - Benjamin Franklin appointed first Postmaster General by the Continental Congress 1847 - U.S. postage stamps issued 1855 - Prepayment of postage required 1860 - Pony Express began 1863 - Free city delivery began 1873 - U.S. postal cards issued 1874 - General Postal Union (now Universal Postal Union) established 1893 - First commemorative stamps issued 1896 - Rural free delivery began 1913 - Parcel Post® began 1918 - Scheduled airmail service began 1950 - Residential deliveries reduced to one a day 1957 - Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee established 1963 - ZIP Code inaugurated 1970 - Express Mail® began experimentally 1971 - United States Postal Service® began operations 1971 - Labor contract negotiated through collective bargaining, a federal government "first" 1974 - Self-adhesive stamps tested 1982 - Last year Postal Service™ accepted public service subsidy 1983 - ZIP+4® Code began 1992 - Self-adhesive stamps introduced nationwide 1993 - National Postal Museum opened 1994 - Postal Service launched public Internet site 1998 - U.S. semipostal stamp issued 2006 - Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act signed 2007 - “Forever” stamp issued 2008 - Competitive pricing for expedited mail began |
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