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by _heimdall 699 days ago
Courier services have existed for a very, very long time. Heck, Ben Franklin was running one to help connect the 13 colonies.

Presumably the government could have actuslly piloted the USPS if they wanted to, only supporting the northeast for example. They just didn't need to, the leap from private courier systems to a government run courier service didn't have many unknowns to test out first.