An interesting article on the current anniversary of US Parcel Post which began on August 24, 1912:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...ling-650444/Thanks to the above article, here's an interesting piece of postal trivia I never knew before:
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During the first six months of 1913, the Post Office carried an astonishing 300 million parcels, 15 for every U.S. household.