telepost

noun

telepost

noun

Etymology From tele- + post.

1

Historical A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.

[…] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […]1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People:
It is only by the utilization of the full facilities of a wire that a telepost service can be established. Cheap rates are impossible at nine words a minute.1908, Telegraph Age, volume 25, page 201:

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A telepost is a dispatch of 50 words, between all points, for 25 cents, delivered at the post-office.1910, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 5592, page 4:

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