© Slovak Post, 2008 The theme of letter writing is a common motif of European philatelic publishers, and a motif traditionally designated by PostEurop for 2008. Letter writing, in its various forms, has a long history dating to the invention of script and writing. Over the centuries, letter writing developed in tandem with technical advances and cultural developments: from the first hieroglyphs and papyruses, to Greek and Latin literature, to medieval Europe, to the most recent patterns of modernity. Letter writing has always played an unrivalled role among means of human communication. Until recent times, the letter - as the most...