MatBowyerBooks.com
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MatBowyerBooks.com
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They Carried The Mail.
First published in 1972 as hardcover, jacketed, by Luce/McKay. Washington, D.C. & New York. Back in print 2001 as paperback by iuniverse.com in collaboration with the Authors Guild. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 223. ISBN: 0-595-16719-5.
Mat Bowyer was a postal supervisor and a postal "insider" when he wrote this book. The then curator of the Smithsonian's division of philately and postal history wrote the foreword. Since then Mat has authored eleven other books on various subjects. That initial opus has since become a postal classic and collector's item.
"The postal system, from its beginnings in the 17th century, has been a matter of both aggravation and dependability to every man and woman in America. In They Carried The Mail, Mathew J. Bowyer presents the fascinating history of these bearers of ill and joyous tidings.
