In 1913 the US postal service introduced parcel post. There are two recorded incidents of children, with stamps affixed to their clothing, being sent in the mail as a parcel. These children rode in mail vans and on railways to their intended destination. The practice was quickly banned by the postmaster general, on the grounds that it was not cost effective as the children had to be fed on long distance routes!
Mail order toddler anyone...?
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