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Vintage Channels of Postal History
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Across
  • 1. Small side gate or entrance, sometimes used metaphorically in postal contexts
  • 2. Vessel that carried letters across rivers or lakes
  • 3. Place where mail coaches stopped to exchange horses
  • 6. Revolutionized postal delivery in 19th century
  • 7. Worker who transported letters and parcels by horse
  • 11. Fee paid for sending letters, once indicated by hand stamps
Down
  • 4. Rider who guided horse-drawn mail coaches
  • 5. Messenger who delivered mail before modern systems
  • 8. Group or chain of prisoners or animals, also used for mail transport caravans
  • 9. Bird used historically for sending messages over distances
  • 10. Intermediate mail stop on a delivery route
  • 12. Small equine courier used in American postal routes

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