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Attached is the information you were looking for from page 107 of the Roger Harris book in the chapter called TO EARN A LIVING - OTHER FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR:
Free delivery of mail by the U.S. Post Office and uniform letter rates first went into effect July 15 1863. Prior to this mail was locally dispatched by private concerns. One of the Philadeiphias Pa,
pioneers in this field was D. O. Blood & Co which was in business from 1840 until 1862. This service was genenerally known as " Bloods Express".
The name referred to Daniel Otis Blood who was one time cashier of the old Philadelphia Public Ledger. In addition Charles Kochersperger and Walter H Blood were active in conducting the service, Mr Kochersperger operating the business as "Blood's Penny Post" during its closing years. It had also gone under the names
"Philadelphia Despatch Post" and "City Despatch Post." At one time this service maintained 500 letter boxes in the Philadelphia area, several designs of postage stamps and stamped envelopes were issued foruse by patrons of the service.
The following description is taken from "Philadelphia as it is in 1852," R.A. Smith, Phila, 1852, p.71: "In addition to the usual post office facilities, Philadelphia possesses the advantage of the most
complete City Post in this country. Blood's Despatch Post, conducted by Messrs Blood and Kochersperger was established in 1845, and was for a long time considered a doubtful experiment. By its attention to the public interest, and by continued improvement, it has now become a necessary convenience to business men and families.
"Several hundred box stations are scattered over the city, from which letters are collected every two hours; and thousands of letters are thus collected and distributed daily. Careful intelligent men only are employed as carriers, and as each letter is stamped with the date and hour of delivery, great promptness and reliability are obtained."
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