December 14, 2025
Tag: RFD mail delivery
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Winter Mail Delivery in Rural Dakota
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One American institution that depended on population growth to grown was the United States Postal Service. One very popular service that changed much of the American mid-west was Rural Free Delivery. Read “Winter Mail” buy Postcard History’s new Acquisitions Editor, Duane Stabler.
Past Article
November 1, 2020 2 Comments
Bob Toal The granddaddy of the American Mailing Card is the Lipman Postal Card of 1872. It is the first private postcard successfully marketed to businesses for mailing advertisements. It also represents the first fully illustrated private postcard in America. As such, this card is historically significant. It is rare and commands a premium at […]