Mail is part of the postal system. The postal system is a system where written documents and small to medium packages are sent (delivered) to places around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.
A postal service can be private or public. Governments often make rules about private postal delivery systems. Since the early 19th century, most national postal systems have been controlled entirely by governments. The governments make people pay a fee to send something. This fee is usually in the form of stamps. Some governments only let private postal services deliver parcel (non-mail) packages.
Postal systems often do things other than sending letters. In some countries, the postal system is also in charge of telephone and telegraph systems. The postal systems in other countries can help people apply for government papers such as passports and driver's licenses. Many places the post offices also work like banks. This is so that people can take out money or pay bills at a nearby post office, instead of travelling to a big bank in the nearest town.
People drop letters in a post box to be collected and delivered by the post office.
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Mail envelope (back to back), Philippine Postal Corporation, 2019
The use of adhesive stamps and sealing wax to signify prepayment of postage began with the Scinde Dawk of British India on 1 July 1852, as part of a comprehensive reform of the postal system in Scinde under the East India Company.
Chinese postage stamp: 4-cent on 100-dollar silver overprint of 1949
Example of a main post office building in the Polish city of Kraków, 2012
Postmaster Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1681–1739), still today part of the logo of the white pages in many countries
Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn & Taxis (1926–1990), heir of the Postal fortune
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The dictionary definition of mail at Wiktionary- Clapper Post
- Electronic mail
- Envelope
- Letter (paper)
- Letter box
- Postcard
- Telegram
