When GB Railfreight gained a new contract for mail transport over Christmas 2004, the Class 325s returned to limited work operating in multiple.
The largest purchaser of Dover Trucks was the United States Postal Service which put the vehicles into service for mail transport and delivery vehicles.
The introduction of the airplane in 1903 generated immediate interest in using them for mail transport.
This form of animal mail transport saw limited use in the northern parts of Alaska, Canada and Russia during the first half of the 20th century.
The mail transport from Gore to the capital departed every Monday at 17.00 while the government telephone line was used also as telegraph connection.
Philatelists have observed the development of mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists.
Balloons can be both manned and unmanned but balloon mail is not a common form of mail transport.
Falcon Air operated mail transport during the night from/to Stockholm, Malmö, Umeå, Luleå and Sundsvall (at January 2005).
Correios, the Brazilian postal service, has shown interest in buying this aircraft, in lieu of using commercial freight service for mail transport.
Crashes of flights carrying airmail were a regular occurrence from the earliest days of mail transport by air.