Future Mail Transportation

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USAirmail. 45 20 Universal Daetal Congress AHINGTON NOV 27 1989 UASA 20066 Chus Calle DC WASHI

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FUTURE MAIL TRANSPORTATION First Day of Issue: November 27, 1989 First Issue Location: Washington, D.C. The way mail is delivered in the United States has evolved through the years paralleling innovations in transporta- tion. Inventions like the steamboat, train, automobile and airplane obviously brought about changes in the way mail was delivered. In the same way, it is quite possible that today's developments in space exploration will affect the way mail will be delivered in the future. The twenty- four successful space shuttle missions completed be- tween April, 1981 and January, 1986 carried 126 astro- nauts and payload specialists into orbit, and launched twenty-eight satellites. Further progress on the space shuttle may make it an integral part of the mail delivery system of the future. A letter might be carried by hand to the post office, by mail jeep to the airport, by airplane to the launch site, and from there to its final destination via space shuttle. If this possibility seems unlikely, remember that the idea of sending a letter to the other side of the globe overnight once seemed farfetched, too. Now, people do it every day. No. 89-39 ©1989 The Maximum Card Collection A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 Original painting by Chris Calle