courier
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.3|Courier in Taipei, Taiwan, organizing parcels for delivery A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees (for example: a diplomatic courier).
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- Duties and functions
- Before the industrial era
- Hezekiah
- Hemerodromi and Anabasii
- Middle Ages
- Types
- By country
- Australia
- China
- India
- Bangladesh
- Malaysia
- Ireland
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
- In fiction
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|Courier in Taipei, Taiwan, organizing parcels for delivery A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees (for example: a diplomatic courier).
==Duties and functions== Couriers are distinguished from ordinary mail services by features such as speed, security, tracking, signature, specialization and individualization of express services, and swift delivery times, which are optional for most everyday mail services. As a premium service, couriers are usually more expensive than standard mail services, and their use is normally limited to packages where one or more of these features are considered important enough to warrant the cost.