This resulted in the mail system in Norway undergoing its biggest change since the establishment of postal service in 1647.
His plan was instrumental in the transition from postal transport being a duty imposed on farmers as mail carriers.
The majority of postal farmers now received salaries and the rural sub-post office system is formalized.
Schanche was given the title post controller and conducted thorough checks in an effort to end fraud.
Schanche resigned from the postmaster office in Christiania in 1780, but continued as postal inspector with residence in Trondheim.