The History and starting Point of Postal Services in various Countries

Historical references to postal systems in Egypt date from about 2000 BC. The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great (6th century BC) used a system of mounted relay messengers. The riders would stop at regularly placed posthouses to get a fresh horse or to pass on their packets of dispatches to another messenger for the remainder of the distance. On the other side of the world, in China, a posthouse service had been started early in the Chou Dynasty (ruled 1122-221 BC). It was used mostly to convey official documents. The far-reaching system consisted of relays of couriers who changed horses at relay posts 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) apart. The system was enlarged under the Han Empire (202 BC-AD 220), when the Chinese came in contact with the Romans and their postal system. The Roman Empire built the most advanced postal delivery system known until that time except for the service in China. Its area was the whole Mediterranean world. Reliable communication from Rome to governors and military officials in faraway provinces was a necessity. Rome met the need by developing the cursus publicusliterally, "public course" a state-sponsored series of post roads with relay stations at intervals. The speed with which government dispatches and other mail could be carried about the empire was not equaled again in Europe until the 19th century. Using the relay stations, riders could cover about 170 miles (270 kilometers) in a 24-hour period.

The first postal service in America arose in February  1692

The Indian Postal Services were established  In 1688

Official Canadian postal services began in 1775

The Royal Mail service ( British Postal Service) was first made available to the public on 31st July 1635

History of Australia Post was started  on 1809

The Argentina Postal service was established  in 1854

The Modern postal system of the people ‘s  Republic of China was established   in 1949

The old government-run German postal service, established in 1947, was known as the Deutsche Bundespost

The first use of postal system in China was under the chou  dynasty

Hisoka Maejima  the  Father of  Postal service of Japan  brought idea of Japan Postal service on  1870 and first postal service in Japan was established  on April 20 1871

The postal service in Germany  was established  on  16 June  1801

The Universal Postal  Union  was created   in 1874

The first telegraph station in Hungarian territory was opened in December 1847.

English educator and tax reformer Rowland Hill formulated proposals on reforming the postal system between 1835 and 1837

The use of privately made cards, which was permitted in 1894, opened the way to marketing the picture postcard.

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