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A bicycle courier transferring urgent mail onto a high-speed train in Geneva, Switzerland. Bicycle messengers (also known as bike or cycle couriers) are people who work for courier companies (also known as messenger companies) carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business districts of ...
The Corps of King's Messengers (or Corps of Queen's Messengers during the reign of a female monarch) are couriers employed by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). They hand-carry secret and important documents to British embassies, high commissions, and consulates around the world. Many King’s Messengers were ...
DHL courier scooter in Taipei, Taiwan. Thailand Post bike loaded with letters and parcels. A motorcycle courier, also known as a despatch rider or motorcycle messenger, is a courier using a motorcycle . Motorcycle couriers are common in the major urban centres of Europe, South America (especially Brazil), Asia and North America. [citation needed]
A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. [1] Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees (for example: a diplomatic courier ).
Cursus publicus. The cursus publicus ( Latin : "the public way"; Ancient Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, dēmósios drómos) was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation service of the Roman Empire, [1] [2] whose use continued into the Eastern Roman Empire. It was a system based on obligations placed on private persons ...
Messenger bag London bicycle messenger. A messenger bag (also called a courier bag) is a type of sack, usually made of cloth (natural or synthetic). It is worn over one shoulder with a strap that goes across the chest resting the bag on the lower back. While messenger bags are sometimes used by couriers, they are now also an urban fashion icon.
Angarium. The Angarium (Latin; from Greek Ἀγγαρήιον angareion) was the institution of the royal mounted couriers in ancient Persia. The messengers, called angaros ( ἄγγαρος ), alternated in stations a day's ride apart along the Royal Road. The riders were exclusively in the service of the Great King and the network allowed for ...
Despatch rider. A despatch rider (or dispatch) is a military messenger, mounted on horse or motorcycle (and occasionally in Egypt during World War I, on camels). [1] In the UK 'despatch rider' is also a term used for a motorcycle courier . Despatch riders were used by armed forces to deliver urgent orders and messages between headquarters and ...