The mail cow
Jul 01, 2021
2 minutes
It was quite expensive to use horses or oxen to transport mail in this region. To transport the mail between Zwartmodder and Mier, the Post Office was eventually obliged to purchase camels, the proverbial ship of the desert.
In June 1899, four camel cows were obtained
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