Special delivery (postal service)
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Special Delivery is a postal service for letters and/or packages of particular importance. Its meaning varies among postal services and is different and separate from Express mail delivery service offered by many postal authorities.
The United States Postal Service offered special delivery from 1885 to 2001 whereby the letter would be dispatched more immediately and directly from the receiving post office to the recipient rather than being put in mail for distribution on the regular delivery route.
Royal Mail presently labels several expedited services as "Special Delivery".
[edit] Popular culture
- In Return to Sender, Elvis Presley sang about sending a letter to his girlfriend, "I sent it special D."
- Musician Special D's name is a reference to the Elvis lyric and this service.
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