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The United States Postal Service (USPS) provides Express Mail for domestic U.S. delivery, and offers two Express Mail services, although only one of them is part of the EMS standard. One is simply called Express Mail International〔(Express Mail International ) International Mail Manual – Issue 35 (retrieved April 10, 2008)〕 and the other service is called Global Express Guaranteed(GXG).〔(USPS Global Express Guaranteed ) International Mail Manual – Issue 35 (retrieved April 10, 2008)〕 The latter having no relation whatsoever to "EMS" International service as provided by the (EMS Cooperative ). The USPS Global Express Guaranteed (GXG),〔() is a co-branded service, part of an agreement between the USPS and FedEx〕 by which USPS offices act as drop locations for international packages which are then handled by FedEx international delivery network. In some countries, import rules for packages received by courier services have different tax brackets and duties than parcels received on the postal system, and thus 〔(Why can't Amazon.com ship by USPS EMS? )>〕 EMS service (Express Mail International) is preferred over FedEx's co-branded Global Express Guaranteed. These two USPS International Mail terms, Express Mail International and Global Express Guaranteed are often confused with their domestic service called Express Mail, which is a specific classification of mail for domestic accelerated postal delivery within the U.S. In 2013, the USPS changed the name of the service to "Priority Mail Express". This may lead to confusion, as "Priority Mail" is still used, and the packaging is very similar. ==History== Special Delivery, a domestic accelerated delivery service, was introduced on 3 March 1885 initially with a fee of 10¢ paid by a ''Special Delivery'' stamp. It has been transformed into Express Mail, which was introduced in 1977 after an experimental period that started in 1970, though Special Delivery was not terminated until June 8, 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Express mail in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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