Postal history

thumb|upright=1.35|alt=Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address|Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address thumb|upright=1.35|alt=Back of the above envelope, showing an additional receiving office postmark|Back of the above envelope, showing an additional receiving post office [[postmark]]

thumb|Coachman, Boston MA 1902 thumb|Russian coachman, before 1917 — his belt indicates his master's wealth A coachman is a person who drives a coach or carriage, or similar horse-drawn vehicle. A coachman has also been called a coachee, coachy, whip, or hackman.

system that propels cylindrical containers through tubes by compressed air

English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)

transportation system in ancient Rome

use of homing pigeons to carry messages

the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems

medium-sized boat designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation

International treaty

type of government intelligence gathering office

Roman mail system and related laws and levies

type of museum, focussed on the history of postal services

mail delivery by rockets or missiles

Austrian national economist (1839-1902)

form of manuscript where two separate texts are written on the same page at right angles

an envelope that has been recovered from an air crash, train wreck, shipwreck or other accident

system of delivery in the capital of the Czech Republic

method for transporting mail by Zeppelin

museum in Prague, Czech Republic

package for carrying posted objects

soldier responsible for passing on written military communications between units

Hemerodromoi () or hemeroskopoi () or dromokerykes () were specialized couriers in ancient Greece renowned for their exceptional endurance.

The barīd (, often translated as "the postal service") was the state-run courier service of the Umayyad and later Abbasid Caliphates. A major institution in the early Islamic states, the barid was not only responsible for the overland delivery of official correspondence throughout the empire, but it additionally functioned as a domestic intelligence agency, which informed the caliphs on events in the provinces and the activities of government officials. A new barīd was established during the Mamluk period.

thumb|A locked letter from 1603

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urban postal service of Vienna

boat used for the delivery of mail

right|thumb|200px|A 1939 Fonopost stamp from Argentina.

first postal stationery, 1 May 1840

Austrian rocket scientist (1902–1994)