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Show I i operation only 600.000 letters ; were carried. Today the total is about 85 million a year, and the value of the itenu, carried i runs into billions of dollars. I In 1937, the federal government govern-ment shipped 5!2 billion dollars , worth of gold coin and bullion I and silver by Registered from New York and Philadelphia Philadel-phia to Ft. Knox, Ky. uu shipment, began January 11, 1937, was completed June 17, 1937, and weighed nearly ll'i million pounds. Postal Registry Service Is 101 Years Old Local postal patrons will be interested to know that this year 1956 marks the 101st Anniversary of the Registered Mail system in the United States. On July 1, 1855, under an act of Congress, the Registered Regis-tered Mail t.ystem was started, providing America with a long-needed long-needed safeguard for mails which has been of incalculable value to the developement of our national commerce and industry. in-dustry. The Registery system has often been refered to as the 'bloodstream' of American commerce. com-merce. In the first year of its |