One of the oddest parcel post packages ever sent was
"mailed" from Grangeville to Lewiston, Idaho on February 19, 1914.
The 48 1/2 pound package was just short of the 50 pound limit. The name of the
package was May Pierstorff, three months short of six years old.
May's parents decided to send their daughter for a visit
with her grandparents, but were reluctant to pay the train fare. Noticing that
there were no provisions in the parcel post regulations specifically concerning
sending a person through the mails, they decided to "mail" their
daughter. The postage, 53-cents in parcel post stamps, was attached to May's
coat. This little girl traveled the entire distance to Lewiston in the train's
mail compartment and was delivered to her grandmother's home by the mail clerk
on duty, Leonard Mochel.
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| MAY PIERSTORFF |
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