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Services by road continued to thrive even during the railway age, including by bus, tram and trolley car. Circa mid twentieth century.īefore the development of the railway network, road transport was the principal means of parcel transport. Road transport private parcel service stamps from Great Britain.
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Effective January 17, 2016, the USPS renamed the service again, from "Standard Post" to "USPS Retail Ground", a name intended to resemble those of competing services UPS Ground and FedEx Ground.Ĭommercial Parcel Post service is now under the "Parcel Select" name. Effective January 27, 2013, the USPS renamed its parcel post service from 'Parcel Post' to 'Standard Post'. USPS Domestic Parcel Post was an affordable method of sending large parcels of up to seventy pounds and a maximum combined length and girth of one hundred and thirty inches via ground transportation across the U.S. For heavier parcels and/or printed matter, Priority Mail International, Priority Mail International Flat-Rate, Express Mail International, Airmail M-Bags, and Global Express Guaranteed service is available to foreign countries allowing these types of mail delivery. International Parcel Post service was replaced by First-class Mail International service for parcels up to four pounds. Post Office, officially ended International Parcel Post service in May 2007 after some 120 years of existence. The United States, as a signatory, started foreign parcel services in 1887 but did not institute domestic services until 1913.