page_title: Parcel post
section_title: Road transport services
hierarchical_section_title: Parcel post / Road transport services
caption_attribution_description: English: Stamps of private parcel service road carriers.
context_page_description: Parcel post is a postal service for mail that is too heavy for normal letter post. It is usually slower than letter post. The development of the parcel post is closely connected with the development of the railway network which enabled parcels to be carried in bulk, to a regular schedule and at economic prices. Today many parcels also travel by road and international shipments may travel by sea or airmail.
context_section_description: Before the development of the railway network, road transport was the principal means of parcel transport. Services by road continued to thrive even during the railway age, including by bus, tram and trolley car.
caption: Road transport private parcel service stamps from Great Britain. Circa mid twentieth century.
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