Fun Fact Friday

Baby Mail

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Up until 1915 it was legal to mail a baby by US Mail. In 1914, to save money on train fare, May Pierstorff’s parents paid the 53 cents postage, and mailed the 5-year old to her grandparents for a visit. She rode the whole way in the mail car, and was delivered to her grandparents’ […]

Fun Fact Friday

Missile Delivery Service!

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In 1959, The US Navy and The US Postal Service, experimented sending post, using missiles. Whilst this may, on the face of it, sound a bit far fetched, it is actually true. Moreover, the principle is currently being appropriated by some of today’s retail giants, like Amazon. Even Uber are investing heavily in this type […]