POSTAL UPDATES
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May 2, 2018, 07:16 AM
Three pictorial postmarks issued for Alamo City’s tricentennial fiesta
Postmarks for San Antonio’s anniversary show Texas wearing a sombrero, a fiesta theme and the city’s skyline. -
Apr 27, 2018, 06:45 AMCyclist Lance Armstrong settles U.S. Postal Service sponsorship lawsuit
USPS stands to receive “a substantial portion” of the $5 million former cyclist Lance Armstrong is paying the government to end a lawsuit. -
Apr 21, 2018, 05:30 AMPittsburgh Pipers 1967-68 basketball team remembered on postmark
The first championship of the American Basketball Association (ABA) is being celebrated 50 years later on a pictorial postmark. -
Apr 13, 2018, 11:00 AMPresident Trump directs commission to study U.S. Postal Service
President Donald Trump has directed a presidential task force to study the United States Postal Service and how it prices packages. -
Apr 13, 2018, 05:00 AMUSPS lacks transparency when discussing post office leases: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, the USPS receives suggestions on how to improve collector relations, and the inspector general addresses the USPS recycling program. -
Apr 11, 2018, 03:45 AMLess transparency provided on U.S. Postal Service post office leases
For years, the United States Postal Service has published on its website information about the rent it pays for postal facilities across the nation. -
Apr 10, 2018, 07:15 AMU.S. Postal Service recycling program fall short of expectations
The United States Postal Service began a national recycling program in fiscal 2014, spending $33 million. -
Apr 9, 2018, 07:15 AMAnnual festival in Tennessee’s ‘Mule Town’ includes postmark
A smiling mule is the subject of a pictorial postmark from Columbia, Tenn., a city often referred to as the “mule capital of the world.” -
Apr 4, 2018, 07:15 AMPresident Trump again comments on Amazon-U.S. Postal Service deal
President Donald Trump seems determined to undermine the United States Postal Service’s relationship with one of its biggest customers. -
Apr 4, 2018, 05:00 AMKorean War memorial sculptor who challenged Postal Service dies
The former paratrooper and World War II veteran won nearly $685,000 in damages in 2013 over the use of his statues on a commemorative stamp. -
Mar 30, 2018, 03:00 AMUSPS side of the Lady Liberty stamp claim: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we tipped 2-cent George Washington stamp that collectors tend to gravitate towards. -
Mar 26, 2018, 07:15 AMU.S. Postal Service lawyers urge judge to reject Lady Liberty stamp claim
Lawyers for the United States Postal Service have urged a federal judge to reject a Nevada sculptor’s claims for million of dollars in damages. -
Mar 23, 2018, 05:30 AMUSPS, Inspector General disagree on correspondence mail: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it will issue four stamps featuring dragons. -
Mar 16, 2018, 04:48 AMIndiana group targets Fort Wayne for airmail museum: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, the American Philatelic Research Library named a new president. -
Mar 14, 2018, 05:15 AMUSPS disagreement with inspector general over correspondence mail
First-class mail still generates approximately 40 percent of the postal service’s revenues, falling from over 60 percent in the late 1970s. -
Mar 12, 2018, 06:00 AMFlorence, Ala., 200th anniversary gets underway with events, postmark
The city of Florence kicked off the festivities by placing a historical marker in the center of its downtown district on March 12, the date of its founding in 1818. -
Mar 9, 2018, 13:30 PMIndiana group seeks airmail museum to be located in Fort Wayne
A group of aviation enthusiasts from Indiana has launched a campaign to raise $2.5 million for a National Airmail Museum to be located in Fort Wayne. -
Mar 7, 2018, 06:18 AMNew USPS mail processing plant to set open soon in Portland, Ore.
The new plant, near Portland International Airport, has the second largest work room of any USPS plant. -
Mar 2, 2018, 05:11 AMAmazon delivery threats continue to loom over USPS: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, the Postal Service revealed a much-anticipated U.S. Airmail stamp issue. -
Feb 26, 2018, 10:27 AM
‘Arizona Balloon Buster’ pilot the topic of two Aripex pictorial postmarks
The Aripex 2018 stamp show’s two official cancellations honor World War I fighter pilot Frank Luke Jr.
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US Stamps
Aug 21, 2019, 3 PMUSS Missouri stamps with die cuts omitted surface at navy base in Rota, Spain
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World Stamps
Aug 21, 2019, 1 PMThe key stamp in the Ottoman Empire’s 1914 set
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Postal Updates
Aug 21, 2019, 2 AMA little postmark for an enormous anniversary
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World Stamps
Aug 20, 2019, 4 PMIceland Post to close its philatelic bureau
