Children & the Law Blog » tongue in cheek http://www.childrenandthelawblog.com Blog of the Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Shipping Children by Mail Illegal http://www.childrenandthelawblog.com/2008/07/16/shipping-children-by-mail-illegal-2/ http://www.childrenandthelawblog.com/2008/07/16/shipping-children-by-mail-illegal-2/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:41:26 +0000 Robert Roach http://www.childrenandthelawblog.com/?p=205 Via boingboing we are informed that 2008 marks the 95th anniversary of the abolition of sending children through the mail.

After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.

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