Show first mail system A parisian served paris and her suburbs s with mall mail long before governments wen went t into the post office business in the year 1653 one M de vil layer put up lip boxes in the busiest streets of paris and ornamental wrappers bearing his coat of arms for sale in stores all one had to do was to buy a wrapper in a store just like a stamp today put it loosely around his letter and deposit in oue one of thi the marked villaver boxes collections were made twice dully daily brought to a central al headquarters and then distributed tri buted the wrappers being taken oil oft and u used sed again |