>>7996732
So an interesting question came to mind: who was the first postmaster? Going back to biblical times, a possibility could be some who was a Phoenician (i.e. Canaanite)—they were well known for their commercial and maritime prowess.
Phoenicians occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast of modern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel. They are recognised as having established harbours, trading posts and settlements throughout the Mediterranean basin. However, the Phoenicians’ lack of recognisable territory, homogeneous language or shared cultural heritage means that, despite being one of most influential Mediterranean peoples of the first millennium BC, their identity has long remained shrouded in mystery.
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The Phoenicians
Canaanites
The recorded history shows a group of coastal cities and heavily forested mountains inhabited by a Semitic people, the Canaanites, around 4000 BC. These early inhabitants referred to themselves according to their city of origin, and called their nation Canaan. They lived in the narrow East-Mediterranean coast and the parallel strip mountains of Lebanon. Around 2800 BC Canaanites traded cedar timber, olive oil and wine from Byblos for metals and ivory from Egypt.
Phoenicians/Canaanites
The Canaanites who inhabited that area were called Phoenicians by the Greeks (from the Greek word phoinos, meaning ‘red’) in a reference to the unique purple dye the Phoenicians produced from murex seashells. The Phoenicians mastered the art of navigation and dominated the Mediterranean Sea trade for around 500 years.
http://www.lgic.org/en/phoenicians.php