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A History of the United States Postal Service
IN THE PAST 
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Beginning with Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General, the United States Postal Service has been a priceless asset to our country's communications.
| | 1775 - Benjamin Franklin appointed first Postmaster General by the Continental Congress |
| | 1847 - U. S. postage stamps issued |
| | 1855 - Prepayment of postage required |
| | 1860 - Pony Express began |
| | 1863 - Free city delivery began |
| | 1873 - U.S. Postal cards issued |
| | 1874 - General Postal Union (now Universal Postal Union) established |
| | 1893 - First commemorative stamps issued |
| | 1896 - Rural free delivery begins |
| | 1913 - Parcel Post® began |
| | 1918 - Scheduled airmail service began |
| | 1950 - Residential deliveries reduced to one a day |
| | 1957 - Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee established |
| | 1963 - ZIP Code inaugurated |
| | 1970 - Experimental Express Mail® service began |
| | 1971 - United States Postal Service® began operations |
| | 1971 - Labor contract negotiated through collective bargaining, a federal government "first" |
| | 1974 - Self-adhesive stamps introduced |
| | 1982 - Last year Postal Service accepted public service subsidy |
| | 1983 - ZIP+4® Code began |
| | 1993 - National Postal Museum opened |
| | 1997 - Postal Service™ launched public internet site |
| | 1998 - First U.S. semi-postal issued |
| | 2002 - President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service® established |
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