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Railway Mail Service

mail transportation service in the United States of America during the 19th and 20th centuries
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Railway Mail Service

Summary

Railway Mail Service is a postal service[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (postal_service category, ranking #21 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Railway Mail Service is in the country of United States[3].
  • Railway Mail Service's instance of is recorded as postal service[4].
  • Railway Mail Service's item operated is recorded as railway post office[5].
  • Railway Mail Service's item operated is recorded as boat railway post office[6].
  • Railway Mail Service's Commons category is recorded as Railway Mail Service[7].
  • Railway Mail Service's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Post Office Department[8].
  • Railway Mail Service's replaced by is recorded as Postal Transportation Service[9].

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Operations

Railway Mail Service's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Post Office Department[8].

Why It Matters

Railway Mail Service draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (postal_service category, ranking #21 of 40).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum-digital tag id → 2064
    Item operated → railway post office, boat railway post office
    Wikidata description → mail transportation service in the United States of America during the 19th and
    Freebase id → /m/06dzs
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007568276105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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