In an article delivery system, articles (101, 121, 201, 310) each having sorting information are handled, and the articles (101, 121, 201, 310) are arranged in proper delivery order through a plurality of arrangement paths so as to help the delivery of the articles (101, 121, 201, 310). This system includes a sorting information procuring device (10) for procuring the sorting information of each article (101, 121, 201, 310), an article information storage device (42) which is connected to the sorting information procuring device (10) and collects and stores the sorting information, a database (44) for providing the order of arrangement of the sorting information, an information processing device (41) for arranging the sorting information in the order, provided by the database (44), while including information for distinguishing the arrangement paths from each other, and delivery order forming device (4) having a communication device (11) for transmitting the sorting information arranged by the information processing device (41).