National Letter Writing Day Timeline

2013

Disrupting the system

US Postal Service agrees to offer Sunday delivery of Amazon packages

1918

First airmail

Daily airmail flights were instituted by the U.S. government between New York and Washington D.C.

1847

First stamp

The first American stamps featured Benjamin Franklin and George Washington and were authorized by an act of Congress

1494

Columbus returns

On returning to Spain from America, Christopher Columbus writes to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, reflecting on his conquest in an era before airmail