Mail bag - Wikipedia

A mail bag or mailbag can be one of several types of bags used for collecting or carrying different types of postal material.^[1]^[2]

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^ Marsh, Allison (March 2006). "Prototype Mail Pouch". Former Object of the Month. National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^ Küskü, Fırat (January 1, 2023). "Osmanlı Devleti'nde Posta Çantaları / Mail Bags in the Ottoman Empire". Osmanli'dan Cumhuri̇yet'e Posta Tari̇hi̇.

Cushing, Marshall (1893). The Story of Our Post Office: The Greatest Government Department in all its Phases. Boston, Massachusetts: A.M. Thayer & Co – via Internet Archive.
Melius, Louis (1917). The American postal service: history of the postal service from the earliest times. The American system described with full details of operation. Washington, D.C.: National Capital Press. Retrieved August 15, 2012 – via Internet Archive.

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