I just came across a great New York Times piece on the mail service in the Victorian era. It's full of trivia: for example, did you know that in 1889 London, mail was delivered TWELVE TIMES A DAY? Read this:
In Victorian London, though service wasn't
That is crazy. In the USA they pick mail up at everyone’s house, and there are big mailboxes every couple of blocks.
looks hard at Louis Dejoy