![]() For a few months in 1934, some residential areas received only one delivery a day. To save money, in 1923 the number of daily deliveries on many routes was reduced by one in 1930, further reductions were made. The 1922 Annual Report of the Postmaster General stated that “in the smaller cities three daily deliveries in business sections is the general rule, in larger cities three or four, and in the largest cities three to seven deliveries.”3 (See table “Number of Daily Trips Made by Letter Carriers from Main Post Offices, 1905.”) The number of daily deliveries varied by city – in 1905, letter carriers working out of New York City’s main Post Office made nine daily deliveries, whereas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, some customers received their mail once a day. shall require,” Monday through Saturday.2 Postmasters determined the appropriate levels of service for their cities there were no nationwide rules governing the number of daily trips that letter carriers made.īusiness districts, with heavier mail volume and more timesensitive mail, typically received more frequent deliveries than strictly residential sections of cities. By 1880, free delivery was offered in 104 cities, and by 1900, in 796 cities.įrom the start, carriers were expected to make deliveries “as frequently as the public convenience. A few Seventh-Day Adventist communities like Loma Linda CA (with 14 city carrier routes) receive mail delivery on Sunday instead of Saturday.ĭelivery: Monday through Saturday since 1863īeginning July 1, 1863, free mail delivery was authorized in cities where income from local postage was more than sufficient to pay all expenses of the service.1 Within a year, free delivery of mail by salaried letter carriers was offered in 65 cities nationwide. ![]() George News, LLC, 2014, all rights reserved.The Postal Historian at USPS Headquarters (updated in 2009) has put together a history of six-day mail delivery.
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