16 Facts About Postal mail

Universal Postal Union, established in 1874, includes 192 member countries and sets the rules for international mail exchanges as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations.

The term snail-Postal mail is a retronym to distinguish it from the quicker ePostal mail.

Postal mail negotiated with neighboring countries to do the same and had roads built from the city of Post in Western Iran all the way up to the city of Hakha in the East.

Postal stations were used not only for the transmission and delivery of official mail but were available for travelling officials, military men, and foreign dignitaries.

Postal mail system was important in the development of modern transportation.

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Ordinary Postal mail service was improved in the 20th century with the use of planes for a quicker delivery.

In 1998, the U S Postal Service authorised the first tests of a secure system of sending digital franks via the Internet to be printed out on a PC printer, obviating the necessity to license a dedicated franking machine and allowing companies with smaller mail programs to make use of the option; this was later expanded to test the use of personalized postage.

For Postal mail contained within an envelope, there are legal provisions in some jurisdictions allowing the recording of identities of sender and recipient.

The control of the contents inside private citizens' Postal mail is censorship and concerns social, political, and legal aspects of civil rights.

Mail sent to and from inmates in jails or prisons within the United States is subject to opening and review by jail or prison staff to determine if the Postal mail has any criminal action dictated or provides means for an escape.

The only Postal mail that is not able to be read is attorney client Postal mail, which is covered under the attorney-client confidentiality laws in the United States.

Physical Postal mail is still widely used in business and personal communications for such reasons as legal requirements for signatures, requirements of etiquette, and the requirement to enclose small physical objects.

However, the increased use of typewritten or computer-printed letters for personal communication and the advent of ePostal mail have sparked renewed interest in calligraphy, as a letter has become more of a "special event".

Makeshift Postal mail method after stranding on a deserted island is a message in a bottle.

Bulk Postal mail is often sent to companies' existing subscriber bases, advertising new products or services.

Services provided by Hybrid Postal mail providers are closely related to that of Postal mail forwarding service providers.