The Thurn und Taxis family ran this postal service, which was first established in 1490 in the town of Brussels, and it grew to be one of the most effective and extensive postal networks in Europe.
The Royal Mail was founded in 1516, during the reign of King Henry VIII, and is the mail service of the United Kingdom.
King Philip V established Correos, Spain's national mail system, in 1716.
The oldest continuously operating post office in the world is this one, which was founded in 1712.
In operation, today since its founding in 1720 is the Stockholm Post Office.
The French postal system, La Poste, was founded in 1576.
This post office, which opened in 1607, is still in use.
The national postal service of Italy, Poste Italiane, was created in 1862, but its origins date back to the 15th century when postal services were first introduced to the nation.
Benjamin Franklin served as the first postmaster general of the United States Postal Service (USPS) when it was founded in 1775.
After the Meiji Restoration, Japan Post was founded in 1871, and since then, it has grown to be one of the largest postal services in the world.