Postal Department established parcel post and more than a decade before the Railway Express Agency.

Forget the internet and delivery drivers, Pryce Jones used the superhighway of the day - the railway and parcel post.

The company had already made moves to enter the parcel market, launching parcel post boxes last year.

The surge in parcel post meant revenues beat expectations for the period.

Hall and United States Marshal Clark, the grower had it prepared for the parcel post service.