Mailbag lost 300 Years

[jeff of pa]

The Daily Herald
Tue, Jan 02, 1912 ·Page 3

 

[Mackaydon]

As a stamp collector this article is interesting.
Unlike modern postal systems (which first began issuing postage stamps in 1840) , where the sender typically pays with a stamp, payment for 16th-century mail was often complex and varied, with many systems requiring payment upon receipt or through pre-arranged contracts.
The payment upon receipt by the recipient system failed for the obvious reason: Many deliveries were refused, leaving no one to pay for the service--which may have taken many days and several forms of travel to complete the delivery.
Don in SoCal

 

[DizzyDigger]

which may have taken many days and several forms of travel to complete the delivery.

How many forms of travel did they have in the sixteenth century? You can walk,
or you can ride....

The Imperial Postmaster....