China Mail

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china 4-cent on 100-dollar silver overprint of 1949


some chinese sources claim mail or postal systems dating xia or shang dynasties, oldest mailing service in world. earliest credible system of couriers initiated han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220), had relay stations every 30 li along major routes.


the tang dynasty recorded 1,639 posthouses, including maritime offices, employing around 20,000 people. system administered ministry of war , private correspondence forbidden network. ming network had 1,936 posthouses every 60 li along major routes, fresh horses available every 10 li between them. postal network major part of corruption in later part of dynasty. qing, prior foreign occupation , reorganization of imperial mail, operated 1,785 posthouses throughout lands.







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