They also sort and repair USPS mailbags. There was no landing facility at Bathurst, so mailbags were exchanged by rope. Originally, his company made heavy sewn items such as golf bags and mailbags. The APS handled an average of 9,000 mailbags a day. Millions of mailbags were handled too. It was recorded that 10,463,834 military mailbags were handled. A canvas-covered boot at the back was used for luggage and mailbags. An example of this matching was the redesign of the mailbags used by letter carriers. These different styles of mailbags depend on its size and purpose. It was later found abandoned near Regent's Park; 18 of the 31 mailbags were missing. They have been involved in the re-design of the mailbags used by letter carriers. By June, some 20,000 mailbags had passed through Ascension. Arthur C Bicknell travelled from Herberton to Georgetown on a coach that was carrying mailbags. The classic occupation in 20th-century British prisons was sewing mailbags. Suddenly, supplies, food, ammunition and the unit mailbags arrived, the carriers having exploited the lull.