Colonial post rider looks like a caricature of Benjamin Franklin, not an unlikely association, since as a widely-traveled Postmaster General, he must have been synonymous with the office throughout the colonies. Post riders or postriders describes a horse and rider postal delivery system that existed at various times and various places throughout history.

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Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster General, 1770s

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