Steady growth in e-commerce parcel volumes and new lines of business are more than offsetting declines in traditional letter ...

The idea of mailing babies and children wouldn't cross most peoples' minds. But after the parcel post law went into effect in 1913, children were routinely weighed, stamped and "mailed" with postal ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched a new microsite, “100 Years of Parcels, Packages, and Packets, Oh My!” (www.npm.si.edu/parcelpost100 ...

When the U.S. Post Office opened its domestic parcel post program in 1913, the novelty was far beyond what Amazon wrought. Having the post office deliver everyday items to and from homes nationwide ...