First Known Mail Delivered by Air
On January 7, 1785, mail was carried by an air vehicle for the first time.
On January 7, 1785, mail was carried by an air vehicle for the first time.
On November 5, 1639, Richard Fairbanks was made the first official postmaster in an American colony.
On August 17, 1859, the first airmail in the United States was carried by balloon in Indiana, from Lafayette to Crawfordsville.
On July 6, 1894, a San Francisco businessman operated a short-lived bicycle mail route in San Francisco, complete with his own stamps.
On July 1, 1845, US Congress established uniform postal rates, giving rise to the creation of Postmaster Provisional stamps.
On June 17, 1844, Boyd’s City Express Post, one of the first local posts in the US, opened in New York City.
On June 11, 1897, the US Railway Mail Service mascot, Owney the Postal Dog, died in Toledo, Ohio.
On May 25, 1967, the Canada Centennial stamp was issued in Montreal – the first time a US stamp had a First Day ceremony in another country.
On May 20, 1939, the US Post Office inaugurated its official trans-Atlantic airmail service to Europe.