The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...rt of the sender would still result in successful mail delivery?Testing the LimitsWe sent a varie... ...roject with USPS 800 number personnel. A group of mailable objects was then assembled, stamped with a... ...h abundant postage by weight and s...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/23/Postal-Experiments/(video link) Steve Score delivers mail to Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes, Minnes... ...eper and the Pipettes. The residents love getting mail from the ducks! Link -via Buzzfeed
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/24/ducks-deliver-mail-at-nursing-home/
Image Via allspice1 [Flickr] If you didn’... ...f you didn’t already hear, Saturday was Thank A Mailman Day. While we missed the holiday itself, the fact... ...le we missed the holiday itself, the fact is that mail carriers rarely get the respect and appreciation... ...the upcoming week to say “thank...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/06/its-never-too-late-to-thank-your-mail-carrier/
Before the varicella vaccine became widely availab... ...rents are going online to have it delivered ...by mail ! One post from a Facebook group called “Find a... ...reds of members) reads, ”I got a Pox Package in mail just moments ago. I have two lollipops and a wet... ...ns, “This is a federal offens...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/09/chicken-pox-via-mail/
I love the idea of this project by web designe... ...gner Matthew McVickar. He sent this camera in the mail with a message asking the postal workers to take...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/27/behind-the-scenes-of-the-usps/
What's the strangest parcel you ever received in... ...t's the strangest parcel you ever received in the mail ? I'll bet it doesn't compare to a 48 1/2 pound ... ...sending a person through the mails , they decided to " mail " their daughter. The postage, 53-cents in parcel.....
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/15/a-parcel-named-may-pierstorff/
Wayne Daniels delivered mail for the British Royal Mail service -until March, when it was discovered that... ...-old man pleaded guilty to theft and delaying the mail on Monday. Daniels' defense lawyer explained why... ...aid it was a disgrace to himself and to the Royal *...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/14/dyslexic-postman-cant-read-addresses/
Photo: National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institu... ...e FedEx, there was the Pony Express, an expedited mail delivery system with more than 180 stations acros... ...ng the wild lands of Nevada. Two years later, his mail pouch was found. Today, only a few artifacts rema... ...only one of two known pieces of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/04/a-rare-pony-express-artifact/
The package was en route from Appomattox, Virginia... ...hift cage, doped him up on Benedryl, and tried to mail the ferret to the U.S. Territory. The Postal I... ...e case, David McKinney, believes whoever tried to mail Stamps knew they were up to no good. The return...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/25/how-not-to-mail-a-ferret/
In the era before Express Mail or Special Delivery, the Swedes and Finns used fe... ...ry, the Swedes and Finns used feathers affixed to mail by a royal seal to indicate a "need for speed."...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/24/a-feather-letter/
