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POSTED: 08:05 AM PST Feb 06, 2013 UPDATED: 09:35 AM PDT May 01, 2013

Check out landmark moments in U.S. Postal Service history.

Postal Dates - Missile Mail — 12 / 18

1959: The Postal Service experimented with "missile mail," teaming up with the U.S. Navy sub The U.S.S. Barbero to fire missiles containing postal containers instead of ordinance. The cost and numerous failures doomed the program to failure.

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Postal Dates - Ben Franklin

Postal Dates - Dead Letter Office

Postal Dates - First Stamps

Postal Dates - Henry Box Brown

Postal Dates - Pony Express

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Postal Dates - Parcel Post

Postal Dates - First Airmail

Postal Dates - Residential Deliveries

Postal Dates - Missile Mail

Postal Dates - Zip Codes

Postal Dates - Express Mail

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Postal Dates - Website

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