- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and oceans
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Dates
Originated sometime after the foundation of the Shire in III 1601; well established by the end of the Third Age
Race
Culture
Settlements
Managed by the Mayor at Michel Delving, in his capacity as Postmaster, but there were post-offices throughout the Shire
Other names
Associated with the Messenger Service;1 the Hobbits who delivered messages for the service were known as Messengers or informally as 'postmen'
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Quick PostA postal service of the ShireA service maintained in the Shire for passing urgent or important messages from one place to another. The details of how it worked are unclear, but it seems to have employed 'runners' who could travel quickly between nearby towns and villages, and then pass on their messages in relay to other Hobbits. At the time of Sharkey's takeover of the Shire, the Quick Post was closed to ordinary Shire-folk, but the service was maintained for 'official' business, and the passing of secret messages between the Chief and his ruffians. Notes
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