Latest Facts 7 General Postal History 11 Beginning of Personal Communication 12 Postal History of England 12 Penny Postage 13 General Post Office in London 14 French and German Postal History 15 The American Colonial Period 16 Under the Continental Congress 16 The Crown Postmasters 17 Post Offices and Post Roads Established 18 The Period of Progress 18 Postage Stamps Introduced 19 Progressive Steps Taken 19 Historical Data 20 CHAPTER II _Questions of Finance. Postal Revenue--How Derived and Expended_ Revenues and Expenditures 21 Method of Expenditure 21 Appropriations 22 Auditor 23 CHAPTER III _Departmental Operations--General and Detailed Descriptions and Cost of Service_ History of Rural Free Delivery 24 Rural Delivery Defined 25 The Struggle for Rural Delivery 25 The Advantages of Rural Delivery 26 Rural Delivery as Viewed by President McKinley 27 First County Rural Delivery 27 Country-Wide Extension, Rural Delivery 28 How Rural Delivery Enhances the Value of Farm Land 28 Per Capita Cost, in Rural Delivery 29 Some Necessary Conditions, Rural Delivery 31 Annual Cost per Patron by States and Pieces Handled 31 Population and Extension, Rural Service 32 Motor Vehicle Routes, Rural Delivery 32 Village Delivery 34 City Delivery 35 Star Routes 35 Postal Savings 35 Money Order System 36 Stamp Books 36 Postal Cards 37 Division of Stamps 37 Classification 37 Purchasing Agent 38 Dead Letter Office 38