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Florida becomes the third state to secede from US. It was commemorated on a stamp in 1945.

January 1, 1985

Paul N. Carlin is appointed Postmaster General of the US.

January 1, 1982

The Postal Service begins E-COM (Electronic Computer Originated Mail) service. Text for bulk mail letters is entered into a computer, sent by phone line to a post office, printed out and delivered.

January 1, 1972

E.T. Klassen is appointed Postmaster General of the US.

January 1, 1967

Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) codes are made mandatory on 2nd and 3rd class volume mail.

January 1, 1958

Photographer Edward Weston dies in Carmel, California. He was commemorated on a stamp in 2002.

January 1, 1913

Philatelic dealer Robert A. Siegel is born.

metal trophy-like cup sent from Postmaster General Hitchcock

January 1, 1913

The Post Office Department inaugurates the highly popular Parcel Post delivery service.

block of four National Postal Museum stamps

January 1, 1896

The first daily philatelic magazine, “The Daily Stamp Item" begins publication. It ran for one year.

photo of a train wreck with rail cars lying on the side

January 1, 1894

Three mail clerks are injured, W.S. Russell fatally, when the mail car on the Pittsburgh, Akron and Chicago’s Railway Post Office train turns over an embankment.

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