? postage stamps, mailboxes, and […] the idea that all people in all places are connected by the mail can be traced back to the first years of Victoria?s reign.
? Kate Thomas, Postal Pleasures : Sex, Scandal, and Victorian Letters, 2012.

Postal system reforms in Victorian England created unprecedented opportunities for communication. This revolution networked people across social classes and geographic distances and inspired global developments in mail services. From formal letter-writing to the vernacular postcard, correspondence flourished.