Show tile special delivery letters especial A special delivery delhery stamp crowns an aa ordinary letter and insures it royal care it travels first class the clerks pass it rapidly on its way on reaching its destination all schedules are disregarded it Is honored by being sent by a special messenger this service was begun began in 1886 in 1898 the number of stamps issued was over new york city delivered the tha greatest number of these letters about boston came next with the average time throughout the nation for delivery from lice to addressee was seventeen minutes |