Several local posts are on record which made use of bicycles.  The first of these appear to have been established in 1894 -- one in Australia and the other in America.  The former was the Coolgardie Cycle Express, which issued local stamps on a service between the goldfields and Kalgoorlie.  The latter was formed by Arthur C. Banta, agent for a cycle manufacturer, who issued local stamps in diamond format for a bicycle post which he organized in San Francisco during the rail strike.

(Ital.) Corrièri Alta Italia.  This railway express company organised a bicycle mail operating in northern Italy in 1944-5 and in May 1945 issued 'local' stamps sanctioned by the Allied Military Government.
 
 

- R. J. Sutton 6th edition revised by K. W. Anthony
The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia

Published 1966

Posted March 24, 2000