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Parcel post is a service of a postal administration for sending parcels through the post
Mail

Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages, are delivered to destinations around the world....
. It is generally one of the less expensive ways to ship packages that are too heavy to be sent by regular letter post and is usually a slower method of transportation.

Universal Postal Union
Universal Postal Union

The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system....
 (UPU) agreement of 1885, initially signed by 19 nations, established an international postal agreement for the orderly shipment of mailed packages and parcels from one country to another according to predetermined rates.

882 the British General Post Office
General Post Office

The name General Post Office is or has been used by most Commonwealth countries for mail and telecommunications services.*United Kingdom, see General Post Office which operated under that name until 1969....
 (later Royal Mail
Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
) first initiated domestic, commonwealth, and foreign parcel post services.






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Parcel post is a service of a postal administration for sending parcels through the post
Mail

Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages, are delivered to destinations around the world....
. It is generally one of the less expensive ways to ship packages that are too heavy to be sent by regular letter post and is usually a slower method of transportation.

UPU Parcel Post Treaty

The Universal Postal Union
Universal Postal Union

The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system....
 (UPU) agreement of 1885, initially signed by 19 nations, established an international postal agreement for the orderly shipment of mailed packages and parcels from one country to another according to predetermined rates.

Great Britain and Commonwealth

In 1882 the British General Post Office
General Post Office

The name General Post Office is or has been used by most Commonwealth countries for mail and telecommunications services.*United Kingdom, see General Post Office which operated under that name until 1969....
 (later Royal Mail
Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
) first initiated domestic, commonwealth, and foreign parcel post services. Australia and the other separate postal services of the colonies joined the UPU
Upu

Upu, also called Apu-, was the region surrounding Damascus of the 1350 BC Amarna letters. Damascus was named Dima?qu/Dimasqu/-etc-...
 in 1891.

United States

In the USA, Parcel Post is a United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
(USPS) method of shipping
Shipping

Shipping is physical process of transporting product and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been affected by shipping....
 parcels of books, merchandise, and other bulk goods; items can weigh up to 70 pounds.

International parcel post service between the USA and foreign countries commenced in 1887. That same year, the U.S. Post Office
United States Post Office Department

The Post Office Department is the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a United States Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General....
 (predecessor of the USPS) and the Post-Master General of Canada established parcel post service between the two nations. A bilateral parcel post treaty between the independent (at the time) Kingdom of Hawaii and the USA was signed on December 19, 1888 and put into effect early in 1889. Parcel post service between the USA and other countries grew with the signing of successive postal conventions and treaties. While the Post Office agreed to deliver parcels sent into the country, it did not institute a domestic parcel post service for another 25 years.

Domestic parcel post service within the USA was finally inaugurated by Postmaster General
United States Postmaster General

The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence....
 Frank H. Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock

Frank Harris Hitchcock , was chairman of Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1909. He was then Postmaster General of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 to 1913....
 on January 1, 1913 under the administration of President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
. The advent of parcel post service greatly increased mail volume, and stimulated development of nationwide trade and commerce.

Even though USPS ended the International Parcel Post service in May 2007, domestic parcel post service is offered. International services were replaced by Priority Mail International, Priority Mail International Flat-Rate, and Express Mail International.

See also

  • Package delivery
    Package delivery

    Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages or high value mail as single shipments. While the service is provided by most postal systems, private package delivery services have also existed in competition with and in place of public postal services....
  • United States Postal Service
    United States Postal Service

    The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States....
  • Universal Postal Union
    Universal Postal Union

    The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system....