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August 29, 2019 By Robert Kravitz

Did You Know? It Was Once Legal to Mail Children Through the U.S. Postal Service

The Parcel Post Service in the U.S. was launched in 1913 with very few guidelines as to what could or could not be mailed. As a result, some parents turned to the Service to mail their children, within a city or hundreds of miles away.

Charges were based on how far the child was to be mailed, with costs starting as low as 15 cents, the equivalent of $4 today.

The first known “child mailing” happened when Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beauge of Ohio mailed their son, just a few weeks old, to his grandmother.  He was delivered – to grandma – on January 27, 1913.

Shortly after that, Mr. and Mrs. Savis of Pennsylvania mailed their daughter to out-of-state relatives for 45 cents.

Another child mailing occurred when five-year-old May Pierstorff of Idaho was mailed to her grandparents about 73 miles away on February 18, 1914.

As to how the children were mailed, they were not put in a box for shipment.  No.

Instead, the appropriate number of stamps were placed on the child’s clothing.  From there, a postal worker would accompany the child by foot, vehicle, or on a train, escorting the child to their designated destination.

The practice of mailing children continued for a couple more years. However, the U.S. Postmaster of the day reconsidered the practice. Finally, Postmaster General Albert Burleson declared the Postal Service would no longer mail children around 1915.

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