Mail - A Brief History

People start to use the term mail in 1600s. This word refers to a bag that contain letters: bag full of letters. this word comes from the medieval English word male, a term that is used to describe a traveling bag or pack. over next hundred years this word is applied to the letters themselves, and the bag is called a mail bag.
Mail is a part of the postal system. The postal system is a system which deliver a written documents, enclosed in an envelopes, and /or small packages containing other matters to destinations around the world. While the word mail is refers to the the bag that contained letters, the word postal or post is derived from the latin word posata or pausata. This term refers to a place to rest, a station to rest the messenger during their voyage.

Mail has been transported by some methods throughout history, including dogsled, balloon, rocket, mule, pigeon, pneumatic tubes, and even submarine. In early postal system, a written document is carried by an intermediary from one person or place to its destination. The first real system came from Persia. This system worked on stations. the message carrier would ride to the next post, where upon he would swap his horse with a fresh one for maximum performance and delivery speed. The longer the distance the more horses would be needed. this delivery stayed neither by snow or rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed.
In the early postal system, a private organization is the one who work for it. In Rome, The franz vo thurn and taxis family operated the postal service between Italian city. After the abolition of empire, the postal system becomes nationalized and centralized. Since the 19 century, national postal system have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article pre paid, often in the form of the adhesive stamps.

Modern mail is organized by national and privatized service, which are reciprocally interconnected by international regulations, organizations and international agreements. people around the world can send letters and packages to almost any country in the world relatively easily and cheaply.But by the appearance of electric mail or email, the process of sending letters is nearly instantaneous, in many cases and situation.