NPR's Throughline: The Postal Service
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Is There a Flip Side to the Post Office Crisis?
In the 18 forties, the post office almost went out of business because people got annoyed with the high cost of letter mail. So congress had to enact some very important reforms - one of which was reducing letter postage to mere pennies. Then congress authorized america's first, wildly popular, convenient stamp,. It would profoundly change America's personal relationships. People could have these long distance relationships cost a fortune.
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