POSTAL UPDATES
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May 15, 2017, 06:30 AMUSPS wants board of governors back in business
Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan recently made an open appeal to President Trump to nominate people to serve on the Postal Service's board of governors. -
May 11, 2017, 08:30 AMUSPS revenues decline during first half of 2017; package mail income up 11 percent
Thus far in 2017, United States Postal Service revenues total $36.5 billion, a decline from $37.1 billion in the first half of fiscal 2016. -
May 7, 2017, 04:00 AMAlaska Purchase sesquicentennial commemorated on Anchorage postmark
A commemorative postmark for the Alaska Purchase was put into use in Anchorage, Alaska, this year on March 30. -
May 1, 2017, 13:00 PM10th anniversary of forever stamp prompts significant USPS accounting adjustments
A pretty significant stamp milestone passed last month with little notice. It was the 10th anniversary of the first United States forever stamp. -
Apr 23, 2017, 13:00 PMUSPS offers pictorial postmark commemorating U.S. entry into World War I
The United States entered World War I when Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. This postmark honors that event. -
Apr 15, 2017, 10:00 AMCongress’ ugly history with the USPS, along with a memorable caption contest: Week’s Most Read
We also highlight a well-received cartoon caption contest, and the new surge in modern U.S. stamps within the marketplace. -
Apr 10, 2017, 06:15 AMCongress’ habit of raiding USPS coffers goes back almost 30 years
The ongoing financial woes of the USPS can be traced to congressional raids going back almost three decades. Here are three examples. -
Apr 9, 2017, 10:00 AMSt. Louis Expo postmark commemorates ragtime musician Scott Joplin
The ragtime legend Scott Joplin is honored on the latest postmark from the St. Louis Stamp Expo. -
Mar 27, 2017, 05:00 AMGarfield-Perry unofficial first-day cancel for new 10¢ Red Pears stamp
A new variety of the 10¢ Red Pears definitive stamp was issued March 23 with a first-day ceremony at the March Party stamp show in Cleveland, Ohio. -
Mar 24, 2017, 10:30 AMU.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases
The price cap has proven not to be enough to keep the nation’s mail system from running huge deficits, the USPS said in a March 20 filing with the PRC. -
Mar 21, 2017, 13:00 PMStamp show cancel from Arcadia, Ohio, commemorates Amelia Earhart
Earhart was honored by the United States Post Office Department in 1963 on an 8¢ airmail stamp, which was issued on her birthday. -
Mar 9, 2017, 05:00 AM‘Informed Delivery’ lets USPS customers see their mail ahead of delivery
Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan says this new test program, which should be nationwide later this year, “puts the power of mail onto digital channels.” -
Mar 3, 2017, 03:45 AMUSPS official investigated; more counterfeits surface: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, more counterfeit U.S. stamps surfaced, and we remembered former postmaster general Benjamin Franklin Bailar. -
Mar 2, 2017, 07:00 AMUSPS inspector general report details possible giveaways, selling of discontinued stamp products by former Stamp Fulfillment manager
The way U.S. postal inspectors are telling it, Khalid M. Hussain, the longtime manager of the SFS center, ran a rogue operation for years. -
Feb 24, 2017, 07:00 AMFormer PMG Benjamin Bailar, in 1976 speech, predicted troubles ahead for USPS
Bailar laid out his vision for the Postal Service’s future in a March 8, 1976, speech to the Economic Club of Detroit. -
Feb 23, 2017, 16:00 PMAustralia Post boss resigns weeks after his $4.4 million salary was revealed
"He said his departure has nothing to do with outrage over his salary, but rather because he has finished the job he set out to do." -
Feb 23, 2017, 11:00 AMBenjamin Franklin Bailar, 1934-2017
Mr. Bailar served as the 61st postmaster general for the USPS and enjoyed collecting U.S. stamps depicting his namesake, Benjamin Franklin. -
Feb 21, 2017, 11:30 AMStamps.com, Zazzle lodge complaints against proposed USPS rules for computer-generated stamps
The proposed rules, if adopted, could adversely affect product sales, including computer-generated stamps, both firms said in the Federal Register. -
Feb 17, 2017, 04:00 AMUSPS reports $1.4 billion profit, counterfeit 2015 Love stamps surface: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, a counterfeit 2015 Love stamp was discovered, and we profiled a U.S. Official stamp that is easily misidentified. -
Feb 15, 2017, 08:45 AMThree shipping firms driving substantial gains in Postal Service’s package business
Bill McAllister also reports on Postmaster General Megan Brennan's desire to end the price cap that keeps postage rate increases tied to inflation.
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US Stamps
Jan 17, 2019, 2 PMEight iterations of Uncle Sam return on additional-ounce coil
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US Stamps
Jan 17, 2019, 2 PMStamp society founder Esper G. Hayes dies at age 84
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World Stamps
Jan 17, 2019, 1 PMCanada’s scenery highlighted on From Far and Wide stamps
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insights
Jan 17, 2019, 10 AM2019 U.S. Stamp Program
