Chronology of the postal history
Antiquity
- 491 av. J. - C. - Battle of Marathon, a messenger in the name of Philippidès ran to announce the victory with the inhabitants of Athens.
- 40 av. J. - C. - Rome organizes Cursus publicus , the first true service of public mail.
5th century
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453 - Fall of the Roman Empire of 0ccident - the system of mail set up by the Romans disaggregates gradually.
17th century
Years 1630
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1639 - the government of the Massachusetts, promoted the tavern of Richard Fairbanks to Boston like the first postal establishment of the Thirteen British colonies in North America] by designating it as the official agent of the maritime mails.
18th century
Years 1790
- 1792 - Appearance of the linear postal marks with numbers of department. It results in fact from cutting from France in 83 departments, by the constituent Assembly, the January 15th 1790.
19th century
Years 1830
- 1839 December 26th - With the the United Kingdom, Rowland Hill lance the postal Reform.
Years 1840
- 1840 May 1st - the the United Kingdom emits the Penny Black first postal Timbre of the history.
- 1847 July 1st - the the United States emit their first stamps with the Ten hundreds black George Washington;
- 1849 - the France emits its first stamps:
- January 1st: 20 centimes black;
- January 2nd: first known use of the a frank vermilion.
- 1849 July 1st - the Belgium emits its first stamps with the effigy of Léopold I {{er}} (standard shoulder pad).
Years 1850
- 1850 January 1st - the Spain emits its first stamps.
- 1851 - Emission of the first stamps of the Canada.
- 1854 - With the the United Kingdom, first emission with Serration.
- 1859 - In France:
- emission of the first postage-due stamps;
- emission of the first stamp bound for the French colonies (eagle type).
Years 1870
- 1874 - Creation of the Universal postal union.
Years 1880
Years 1890
- 1893 - Introduction of the first préoblitérés stamps in France.
- 1896 - First edition of the catalog Yvert and Tellier.
- 1898 - First stamp of Christmas, emitted with the Canada (see Stamps and labels of Christmas)
20th century
Years 1900
Years 1930
Years 1960
- 1963 - the the United States introduce the Code ZIP to facilitate the sorting of the mail.
- 1964 - Introduction of the zip code in France.
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