Editing Local post (section)

==Official local posts==
Government local posts go back to at least 1680, when the [[Penny Post]] was established in [[London]] to handle intra-city mail delivery at a uniform rate of one penny.

From 1840 onwards, when [[postage stamp]]s were first introduced, special stamps were often issued; for instance the [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]]s of [[Switzerland]] issued stamps for use within a canton, and inscribed them "Poste-Local" or "Orts-Post". The [[Russia]]n province of [[Cēsis|Wenden]] issued stamps for a local post from 1862 to 1901, while [[Nicaragua]] issued stamps for [[Zelaya Department|Zelaya]] only, due to its use of a different currency.

In rural Russia [[Zemstvo Post]] handled local mail independently of the central government; some of these lasted until the 1917 revolution.