{"id":124074,"date":"2026-04-24T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/the-usps-our-first-communications-network\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:30:17","slug":"the-usps-our-first-communications-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/the-usps-our-first-communications-network\/","title":{"rendered":"The USPS: Our First Communications Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Historic envelope with cancelled stamp; Whitefield, New Hampshire \u2013 Could 9 1856
photograph credit score: MassimoVernicesole, iStockphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Eagle-Tribune<\/em>, a regional newspaper, despatched me complementary print copies for per week. Within the letter despatched with the primary newspaper \u2013 which arrived in my mailbox \u2013 Tracey Rauh, Editor, stated the newspaper needed to make sure that \u201cchoose readers\u201d reminiscent of myself had been made conscious of the newspaper\u2019s presence in my small NH city. <\/p>\n

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Copies of The Eagle-Tribune<\/em> newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Choose readers<\/em>. Sure, flattery will get you all over the place, ha!)<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t learn the newspaper in years. I was a day by day reader. Starting in my faculty days, I\u2019d learn no matter paper was \u201cnative\u201d to me whereas consuming breakfast. After I began working for myself, I added the Wall Avenue Journal<\/em>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The odor of ink and newsprint wafting from The Eagle-Tribune<\/em> as I positioned it on the kitchen counter felt extremely comforting \u2013 a reminiscence from easier occasions. I made lunch and browse your entire subject. What a soothing expertise in comparison with the jangle and noise of the Web.<\/p>\n

On the similar time, I had begun analysis relating to ReadyPost, the packaging, tapes, bins, and so forth. the Put up Workplace sells, and that are Made within the USA. I needed to seek out out who manufactured the merchandise.<\/p>\n

Throughout this analysis, I stumbled throughout the 169-page PDF, United States Postal Service: An American Historical past<\/em> (see hyperlink under), and realized the USPS was a narrative by itself \u2013 and an essential one because it\u2019s instantly linked to our nation\u2019s 250th<\/sup> anniversary and to manufacturing.<\/p>\n

USPS mission: To assist the free change of stories, concepts, and opinions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia arrange the place of Postmaster Normal July 26, 1775 \u2013 \u201cto be paid 1,000 {dollars} each year and 340 greenback each year for a Secretary and Comptroller \u2013 and as many deputies as deemed vital.\u201d (An American Historical past<\/em>, web page 1)<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Franklin was America\u2019s first Postmaster Normal, July 26, 1775 \u2013 November 1776; Portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis painted in 1785.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In response to the authors, the postal system was our first communications community because it facilitated commerce and strengthened the bonds of household and friendship. It additionally united a nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Founding Fathers believed that to succeed, a democratic type of authorities relied on the free change of stories, concepts, and opinions\u201d . . . together with, as Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1804, \u201cfreedom of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n

I used to be stunned to be taught that my receiving complementary copies of a newspaper within the mail dates again to 1792, when Congress, to make sure the success of democracy and the change of newspapers, handed the primary main postal legislation permitting them to journey by way of the U.S. Mail at extraordinarily low charges of postage. (An American Historical past,<\/em> web page 1)<\/p>\n

Immediately the US Postal service is a cornerstone establishment, relied on by companies and people throughout your entire United States. The USPS oversees the processing of thousands and thousands of letters and packages daily. <\/p>\n

In response to Postal Information (hyperlink under), the USPS processes on common:<\/p>\n

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  • 371 million kilos of mail items every day<\/li>\n
  • 15.5 million mail items every hour<\/em><\/li>\n
  • 23.9 million packages every day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Regardless of e-mail and different competing logistic providers, a median of 12 million individuals go to the USPS.com web site daily! I discover that reality astounding!<\/p>\n

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