1985 Belgium MCI Mail, First Public Electronic Mail Connection USA-Belgium, FDC

Item Specifics

Country

Belgium

Catalog Number

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCI_Mail

Condition

First Day Cover

Centering

Fine

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1985

Item Description

From Wikipedia: Customers could send hard-copy MCI Letter messages to postal addresses. These were laser printed at an MCI Mail print site, placed in an envelope and mailed via the U.S. Postal Service.[8] The cost was $2 for up to 3 pages for an MCI Letter, and $9 for an Overnight Letter. The service was attractive because there were few affordable letter-quality laser printers available to consumers at the time. Most consumers could only afford low quality dot matrix printers, which were not suitable for business correspondence. It also saved a trip to the post office.[5] Prior to 1996, the service also allowed users a 4-Hour delivery option. The 4-hour service in particular was attractive as no one else offered the ability to print a document and have it delivered in this time frame. There were 15 print facilities around the U.S. which offered this service.[5] The most popular locations were New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. At one point there was a print facility in Hawaii and they also ventured into the international space with a location in Brussels, Belgium. The hard copy delivery service was later discontinued due to the high operating cost, the increasing availability of letter-quality home printers, and the increased use of email.
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