telepost
English
Etymology
tele- + post
Noun
telepost (plural teleposts)
- (historical) A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
- Coordinate terms: telegram, teletape
- 1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People
- […] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […]
- 1908, Telegraph Age (volume 25, page 201)
- 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.
- 1910, United States Congressional Serial Set (volume 5592, page 4)
- A telepost is a dispatch of 50 words, between all points, for 25 cents, delivered at the post-office.