Parcel post
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Parcel post is a service of a postal authority for sending parcels through the post. It is generally one of the less expensive ways to ship packages that are too heavy to be sent by regular letter post and is usually a slower method of transportation.
Universal Postal Union congress of 1878 established an international parcel post system. In 1882 the British initiated domestic, colonial and foreign parcel post services that many other countries adopted soon after.
Parcel Post is a United States Postal Service method of shipping and items can weigh up to 70 pounds. This US system was started by Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock on January 1, 1913 under the administration of President William Howard Taft. As of May 2007, international Parcel Post services were discontinued by the Postal Service without a replacement: only Priority and Express Mail international services remain.