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2016 was the 500th anniversary of the founding of Royal Mail and special stamps were issued.
The [https://hoolehistoryheritagesociety.miraheze.org/wiki/Hoole_and_the_Railways#Celebrating_the_170th_Anniversary_of_the_Opening_of_Chester_Railway_Station[3] 170th anniversary] of both the station and the Irish Mail was on 01
[[File:FDCIrishMail170.jpg|400px|thumb|right|This First Day cover was produced to commemorate 170th anniversary of the opening of Chester Station on 01 August 2018.]]
Whilst looking for some pictures to accompany this talk I discovered that the Wabash Manufacturing Company of Indiana made a hand car during the early 1900s. It was a four-wheeled vehicle propelled by pumping the handlebar and steered with the feet on the front wheels. In the USA it is colloquially known as an “Irish Mail”.
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