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Vanished Postal Traditions and Tools
Explore the fascinating world of former postal methods and equipment no longer in use across global mail systems.
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Across
  • 1. Horse-mounted mail delivery service across the American West
  • 6. Obsolete tracking label for registered mail
  • 7. A vivid red ink used historically for cancelling stamps
  • 9. Horse-drawn vehicle for carrying mail before railroads
  • 15. Rider who guided the mail coach horses
  • 17. Process of organizing mail by destination
Down
  • 2. Stamp marking the mailing date and location
  • 3. Printing technique used for old postal documents
  • 4. System sending mail through pressurized tubes
  • 5. Use of trained birds to carry messages
  • 8. Adhesive labels used to prepay postal fees, now often digital
  • 10. Message sent via underwater telegraph cables
  • 11. Device for applying ink to senders’ stamps
  • 12. The collection and study of postage stamps
  • 13. Person who delivered messages before modern postal systems
  • 14. Early communication method sending coded messages over wires
  • 16. Early expedited mail delivered by airplane
  • 18. Informal term for very slow or unreliable postal delivery

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