postal network
Letter delivery infrastructure
A postal network is the interconnected system of facilities, routes, and personnel that moves mail from senders to recipients.
This includes post offices, sorting centers, delivery routes, and the carriers who traverse them.
The term often appears in discussions of infrastructure and logistics: The postal network reaches even remote villages.
Digital communication has transformed but not eliminated postal networks.
- mailboxesReceptacles for delivered correspondence
- mail carrierDelivers letters professionally
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- package handlingMoving and sorting parcels
- sorting centersFacilities organizing shipments by destination
airmail · tracking numbers · mail sorting · courier services · stamp collecting · stamp machine · overnight delivery · mail truck · bulk mailing · fleet management · postmaster · dead letter office · international postage · express shipping · priority mail · parcels · routes · ZIP
- postal servicemail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, mailbox
- postal systemmailbox, stamp, stamps, envelope, postage stamp
- postal termsstamps, zip codes, stamp, stamped, postage stamp
- ancient mailcouriers, messengers, relay stations, mail delivery, letter carriers
- shipping termson-time delivery, expedited, en route, postage, cash on delivery
- airmailairmail, air letter, aerogramme, airmail stamps, mail planes
postal networkdigital messaging
Text-based electronic communication
email · telecommunications · instant messaging · text messaging · social media