The Friends of Hartville is offering a pictorial postmark celebrating Valentine’s Day and honoring the historic Pony Express.

These machine cancellations may be fading further into the background of postal operations, but they have not vanished entirely.

The postmark shows the silhouette of a kneeling Romeo looking lovingly into the eyes of a seated Juliet.

According to the USPS, the drop in operating revenue was primarily due to declining volumes in three mail categories: first-class mail, shipping and packages, and marketing mail.

This year the Pony Express reenactment began Jan. 27 with a parade and swearing-in of the riders, followed by a Jan. 28-30 ride from Holbrook, Ariz., to Scottsdale, Ariz., by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Posse.

On Dec. 2, 2019, the United States Postal Service issued the Healing PTSD semipostal stamp (Scott B7).

A newly introduced sprayed-on postmark is beginning to appear on letter mail, and its timing could hardly be better for collectors with romance on their minds.

The Postal Service credits significant investments in new technology and new logistics planning and execution for improvements in delivery times during the holiday season.

Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque lives in New York City and currently serves as vice president of design for IBM’s data platform.

Under the agreement, NHL fans will have opportunities to connect with the Postal Service at NHL events.

In recent weeks, postmarks have appeared in mainstream media coverage, a rare moment of attention for one of the most basic elements of postal operations.

The policy does not apply to credit card, debit card, or check payments, which continue to be processed to the exact amount owed.

“We want to allow customers to custom-build their last mile solution,” Postmaster General David Steiner said. “We want to make the service as convenient, cost-effective and efficient as possible.”

The history of the Gibraltar Hotel dates to 1914, when the community, approximately 105 miles northeast of Dallas, felt a first-class hotel was needed.

The example pictured nearby turned up on mail received in the Linn’s offices in Troy, Ohio, in early December from the mail processing plant in Trenton, N.J.

The service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International, first-class package international service, international Priority Airmail, and M-bag items.

Additional mailing deadlines can be found on the Postal Service’s website.

The Postal Service can trace its support for military mail back to the Civil War, when the Post Office Department worked closely with the U.S. Army to keep mail moving expeditiously.

A previously unannounced pane of 10 stamps issued Dec. 10 by the United Nations Postal Administration commemorates 70 years of United Nations membership for 16 countries.

Waupaca, Wis., resident Craig Corgan is offering a pictorial postmark celebrating the town’s involvement in the issuance of the first United States Christmas stamp in 1962.