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Today is #WorldPostDay, a day which celebrates everything from letters to postage stamps! Here in Dundee, we celebrate James Chalmers who is widely credited for inventing the adhesive postage stamp which saved the Penny Postage scheme from collapse in 1840. #Dundee
A commercial letter (clay tablet) enclosed by an envelope (a clay covering). The letter was supposed to be opened by the recipient. 2nd millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq). http://worldhistory.org/image/2779/a-clay-tablet-with-its-envelope/… Photo by Osama S.M. Amin. #WorldPostDay
— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 9, 2023
It's #WorldPostDay #PostDay today as the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union, created to facilitate the exchange of mail internationally. In this image (top-left) you can see thatched Post Office at foot of Dunblane High Street in 1888.../
Happy #WorldPostDay folks! And a BIG thank you to all @RoyalMail without whom our charity wouldn’t be able to reach so many living with cancer. Nothing beats the boost of receiving a bit of happy post
Happy #WorldPostDay! Letters and their delivery via a state communication system was a feature of many ancient cultures. Read more: http://worldhistory.org/article/1442/letters--post-in-the-ancient-world/…
— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 9, 2023
We are starting the week with these lovely postcards of UoL Today is #WorldPostDay These serene snapshots come from the postbag of @hughjconsulting who runs a regular feature called #HigherEducationPostcard - well worth checking out! @wonkhe ALT ALT ALT
It's a new blog post day! Today in #CosmicStories, I explore the #ScienceandSF of plant people in science fiction - vegetable aliens from Star Trek, Farscape, Doctor Who, Lost in Space and various literature. Comments always welcome! http://warwick.ac.uk/cosmicstories/plant_people/… ALT
Some lore for plants and more so for Witches in Archelia! I'm excited to explain more about Witches and how they differ from mages, and how Farren's magic works! This was Day 2 of #Loretober ! I'll post Day 3 a lil later! #visualnovel #vn #EverAfterTS Naarel | Convergence OUT NOW
World Post Day seeks to raise awareness about the postal sector and highlight its role in people’s lives. It is often used as an event to introduce new postal products or services.