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| Latest Facts | [7] |
| General Postal History | [11] |
| Beginning of Personal Communication | [12] |
| Postal History of England | [12] |
| Penny Postage | [13] |
| General Post Office in London | [14] |
| French and German Postal History | [15] |
| The American Colonial Period | [16] |
| Under the Continental Congress | [16] |
| The Crown Postmasters | [17] |
| Post Offices and Post Roads Established | [18] |
| The Period of Progress | [18] |
| Postage Stamps Introduced | [19] |
| Progressive Steps Taken | [19] |
| Historical Data | [20] |
CHAPTER II
Questions of Finance. Postal Revenue—How Derived and Expended
| Revenues and Expenditures | [21] |
| Method of Expenditure | [21] |
| Appropriations | [22] |
| Auditor | [23] |
CHAPTER III
Departmental Operations—General and Detailed Descriptions and Cost of Service
| History of Rural Free Delivery | [24] |
| Rural Delivery Defined | [25] |
| The Struggle for Rural Delivery | [25] |
| The Advantages of Rural Delivery | [26] |
| Rural Delivery as Viewed by President McKinley | [27] |
| First County Rural Delivery | [27] |
| Country-Wide Extension, Rural Delivery | [28] |
| How Rural Delivery Enhances the Value of Farm Land | [28] |
| Per Capita Cost, in Rural Delivery | [29] |
| Some Necessary Conditions, Rural Delivery | [31] |
| Annual Cost per Patron by States and Pieces Handled | [31] |
| Population and Extension, Rural Service | [32] |
| Motor Vehicle Routes, Rural Delivery | [32] |
| Village Delivery | [34] |
| City Delivery | [35] |
| Star Routes | [35] |
| Postal Savings | [35] |
| Money Order System | [36] |
| Stamp Books | [36] |
| Postal Cards | [37] |
| Division of Stamps | [37] |
| Classification | [37] |
| Purchasing Agent | [38] |
| Dead Letter Office | [38] |
| Mail Locks | [39] |
| Mail Pouches | [39] |
| Post Office Supplies | [41] |
| Special Delivery | [42] |
| Foreign Mail Service | [42] |
| Topography Branch | [43] |
| Division of Post Office Service | [44] |
| American Postal System | [45] |
| Considerate Treatment of Newspaper Mail | [45] |
CHAPTER IV
Special Articles