Where U.S. Mail Went to Die

Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 by 21cpw

By Ashley Bowen-Murphy – October 28, 2015 The “dead” mail arrived constantly, black bags filled with almost 30,000 letters and parcels each day. These high casualties caused only a general sense of alarm among late 19th and early 20th century Americans. Postal clerks in Washington, D.C. sorted through all letters pronounced dead, separating the truly…

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For 30 years, USPS employees at the Remote Encoding Center have deciphered illegible addresses

Where U.S. Mail Went to Die