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Can you believe Cats<\/strong> were used to deliver the mail!<\/strong> Hundreds of years ago, Belgium employed cats to carry bundles of letters to villages. This service didn’t last long as cats proved to be unreliable.<\/p>\n

Summer would be a good time to start your own stamp collection and visit the National Postal Museum in DC (http:\/\/www.postalmuseum.si.edu\/)<\/p>\n

Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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