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* How do you communicate with others?
* How was the message conveyed in early times?

* Why were the olden methods of communication discarded?

Postal Communication

It is one of the oldest, cheapest and the most widely used system of
communication. Post card, inland letters, aerogramme or an air mail is

used to send messages in India or outside India. For urgent message,
we send letters through speed post or courier.

Urgent short messages are sent by telegram parcels and many can also

be sent by post.

Postal System

A letter written on postcard, inland
letter or on paper (enclosed in an

envelope) should have proper stamp, Every big post office in our
the name and address of the person country has its own six digit
(with pin code number) to whom it is Pin. It becomes easier for the

sent. It is posted in a letter box from postman to sort the letters
where it is carried by the postman, according to their destinations.

sorted at the post office and delivered
to the person concerned.

The letters may be sent by:

Ordinary Post : It takes four to seven

days to reach the concerned person.

Registered Post : You get a receipt
for sending it.

Speed Post : It is the fastest way to

send a letter.

Courier Service : Letters, parcels, etc.
sent by persons and it reaches to

another person in one or two days.

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