this one's for Uncle Bob

Had a true day off, so of course, I hopped on Metro to see some sights~despite the 90+ humidity.

I ended up at the Smithsonian National Post Office Museum~per usual, a fascinating visit.

This is the first piece of mail from the moon in 1971~postmarked on the Apollo 15. 

A highly organized mail car. 

John Hancock's use of a stamp and all that ensued.

Part of the atrium. 

Out of sequence~but part of the railway sorting system. 

It was a highly-interactive museum~you get to use this zip code machine to see how accurate you can be. I did fairly well considering the numbers go 9876, 5 and 0 are the long keys, and then 1234.

And!! I got to create my own stamp~one modern and one from the olden days.

Another day of enlightenment and amusement at a Smithsonian.