Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Danish Postal System Gone After 400 plus Years. After more than 400 years, the Danish Government Postal System has ended. The utilization of this system has dropped 90% in the last few years. Now one must mail things from a private store--no longer a post box. Electronic communications have starved the old-fashioned system. Now holiday and birthday greetings will mostly be compulsively electronic. (By the way, any unused stamps can be returned for face value.) Our postal system, about 200 plus years old, created by Benjamin Franklin, Is teetering towards the same fate as that of Denmark. Will I witness this occurring in the short remainder of my life? Will I no longer be able to march into my Post Office, announcing, "I am here to buy stamps to support this institution"? Will I no longer be able to add a turkey feather to my epistle, Augmenting the mystique of my correspondence? Historically, the pending passing of an era, which I will always hold dear. Frank Maurer 22 December 2025 1120 Hours.