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Postal Service through the years

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 - First Airmail — 10 / 18

1918: Scheduled airmail service begins. The first efforts to deliver mail by air in the U.S. dated back to 1859, when a pilot tried unsuccessfully to carry mail via air balloon from Indiana to New York.

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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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