From 1925-1974, the postal system spearheaded innovations in delivery — and its own identity.The sky was the limit in 1925: An act of Congress authorized the postmaster general to contract for airmail service, and in 1926, the first commercial airmail took flight.Trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific airmail routes followed in the 1930s.By the 1940s, the challenges of World Wa...
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