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    Jan 25, 2021, 14:44 PM

    Data show decline in USPS mail service

    The noticeable decline in on-time mail delivery rates during the 2020 holiday season has upset business mailers and other postal customers.

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    Jan 25, 2021, 14:15 PM

    Black history trailblazer celebrated on San Juan cancel

    Historian and activist Arturo Alfonso Schomburg is featured on the Jan. 24 cancel shown here.

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    Jan 22, 2021, 14:14 PM

    PMG DeJoy names three new CSAC members

    CSAC, founded in 1957 as an advisory body, holds quarterly meetings that are closed to the public.

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    Jan 19, 2021, 15:13 PM

    USPS reveals Biden-Harris inaugural cancellations

    Stamp Fulfillment Services released copies of the postmarks that will be used to mark the Biden-Harris inauguration.

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    Jan 15, 2021, 10:14 AM

    Two postal unions start campaign to fill USPS board of governors vacancies

    The campaign launched a petition drive to President-elect Biden on its website.

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    Jan 14, 2021, 08:37 AM

    PMG DeJoy names Holman to oversee stamp program

    Holman will be vice president for marketing for the USPS.

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    Jan 5, 2021, 15:40 PM

    PMG DeJoy calls for ‘new tone’ for U.S. Postal Service

    What the postmaster general said he wanted to do was focus on how to change the U.S. Postal Service.

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    Jan 5, 2021, 10:44 AM

    Postal Service brags on its election role; American Postal Workers Union holiday ads

    The election mail report came as the Postal Service was struggling with a glut of Christmas packages that overwhelmed the agency.

  • houston-texas-space-pictorial-postmarks
    Dec 23, 2020, 14:01 PM

    Houston space theme postmarks easier to obtain

    Many of these postmarks are in an interchangeable date format, largely because collectors want to obtain covers with a certain date.

  • united-states-postal-service-logo
    Dec 22, 2020, 15:17 PM

    Congress gives USPS $10 billion in aid

    Although President Donald Trump had been opposed to giving taxpayer funds to the Postal Service, he was said to be willing to sign the relief measure.

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    Dec 22, 2020, 13:15 PM

    Pictorial cancellations celebrating ship anniversaries

    The cancels honor important milestones for United States Navy vessels.

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    Dec 22, 2020, 09:54 AM

    Mailing groups challenge USPS stamp pricing rules

    The four groups charge that the Postal Regulatory Commission exceeded its authority on Nov. 30, 2020, by approving rules that relax a price cap on stamp prices.

  • roy-bernardi-usps-board-governors-nominee
    Dec 15, 2020, 15:28 PM

    Trump seeks to nominate another postal governor

    The nomination requires Senate confirmation, making it unlikely that the proposed nomination can win approval before Trump leaves office Jan. 20.

  • usps-mail-trucks
    Dec 15, 2020, 13:23 PM

    Chaotic USPS mail conditions in several areas

    The Postal Service acknowledged the problem in a Dec. 14 news release urging customers to mail as early as possible this holiday season.

  • united-states-postal-service-mail-delivery-truck
    Dec 8, 2020, 10:21 AM

    Another delay for USPS plan to buy new delivery vehicles

    The Postal Service has said the new vehicles are urgently needed to replace its aging and fire-prone Grumman Long Life Vehicles.

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    Dec 2, 2020, 09:18 AM

    Postal Regulatory Commission lays out new rules for U.S. Postal Service

    The new rules will allow some postal rates to rise faster than the rate of inflation. Stamp collectors could be among those seeing higher prices.

  • united-states-postal-service-operation-santa-program
    Nov 25, 2020, 08:44 AM

    Operation Santa goes nationwide for first time in 108 years

    Beginning Dec. 4, letters are to be available for nationwide adoption by visiting the Operation Santa website.

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    Nov 24, 2020, 15:30 PM

    PMG DeJoy announces second USPS reorganization

    The changes, announced Nov. 19, include the retirement next year of David E. Williams, the agency’s chief logistics and processing operations officer.

  • joy-illinois-ornament-holiday-station-postmark
    Nov 24, 2020, 09:30 AM

    Sending holiday Joy during the pandemic

    The holiday postmark tradition of Joy, Ill., has been around since 1985.

  • united-states-2020-grand-island-ice-caves-priority-mail-express-stamp
    Nov 19, 2020, 11:18 AM

    Postal Service to raise Priority Mail, other postal rates Jan. 24

    The Postal Service did not spell out how much revenue it expects from the various price increases.

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