How Postal Service Started?
The United States Postal Service Is an Independent Agency of the Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government Responsible for Providing Postal...
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.
Why was the postal service invented?
History of the USPS
Because colonists needed to send mail back to England, the first official postal service was established in 1639 when the General Court of Massachusetts designated Richard Fairbanks' tavern in Boston as the official mail drop for overseas parcels [source: USPS].
Who were the first mailmen?
On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general.