rural delivery service

American

noun

mail delivery operated primarily to deliver and collect mail in rural communities with no other convenient postal facilities.

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rural delivery service

Until recently there was no rural delivery service of any kind in the latter countries.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

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