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In 1916, when the governors of the bank at vernal, Utah, decided the community needed a modern, brick-built bank they came up against a snag. The nearest brick suppliers were a Salt Lake city (407 miles away). As Vernal had no railway freight carriers were quoting 2 pound sterling a hundredweight to haul the bricks...the total cost would be a prohibitive 2.000 pound sterling. But they discovered that the bricks could be sent by post at least than half that. Postal regulation stipulated the weight of a package should not exceed 50 lb so packages of 10 bricks at a time began to flow through the postal system...etc.
The Giant Book of Fantastic Facts
Many links to be found about, I saw the picture of the building, but I wonder whether a package at least was left intact for posterity. Were maybe using Parcel Post Stamps (issued in 1912? or am I wrong?)? Or is there anything else left, a postal document,cancellation, a bill, a photogrph about those poor mailmen?
Posted 08/23/2011 06:48 am
