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Delivering the Mail and More
The history of the United States Postal Service is rooted in a single, great principle: that every person in the United States – no matter who, no matter where – has the right to equal access to secure, efficient, and affordable mail service.
- City Delivery (pdf) (rtf)
- Rural Free Delivery (pdf) (rtf)
- Postal Service Mission and "Motto" (pdf) (rtf)
- Past Postal Programs
- E-COM, Electronic Computer Originated Mail (pdf) (rtf)
- Mr. ZIP (pdf) (rtf)
- Postal Savings System (pdf) (rtf)
- Telegraph: Early Postal Role (pdf) (rtf)
- V-Mail (pdf) (rtf)
- Unique Deliveries