POSTAL UPDATES
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Jul 23, 2017, 15:00 PMPost office counter display magnet shows preliminary design for Hot Rods stamp
The stamps show one Ford “Deuce” in black with orange-red and yellow flames on the sides of the hot rod and the other “Deuce” in red. -
Jul 22, 2017, 15:00 PMEclipse postmarks will be visible long after the total solar eclipse has passed
The total solar eclipse will be visible within a relatively narrow band roughly 70 miles wide that will cross the nation. -
Jul 20, 2017, 04:30 AMUSPS letter carriers violated federal law while working for Clinton presidential campaign
The United States Postal Service allowed 97 letter carriers to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year, in violation of the Hatch Act. -
Jul 14, 2017, 09:00 AMThoreau Farm postmark celebrates author’s July 12 birth bicentenary
The Thoreau Society, in association with Thoreau Farm, sponsored a July 12 pictorial postmark from the author’s birthplace, Concord, Mass. -
Jul 13, 2017, 10:30 AMUSPS to raise rates on pair of international mail services
The International Mailers’ Advisory Group said July 12 that increases are planned for international priority airmail and international surface air lift. -
Jun 30, 2017, 05:46 AMQuestions continue to swirl around USPS press sheets, more Jenny uprights found: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we dove into a set of covers that tells the stories of those who landed on Ellis Island. -
Jun 27, 2017, 11:30 AMAnother postal reform effort fades away
The pending retirement of House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz appears to signal the end to his efforts to enact postal reform in Congress. -
Jun 25, 2017, 04:50 AMUSPS press sheets: more questions than answers
After uncut press sheets without die cuts were abruptly pulled from sale by the U.S. Postal Service, press sheets with die cuts remained available. -
Jun 16, 2017, 13:00 PMNitro, W.Va., dedicates memorial park as part of centennial celebration
Just about 15 miles west of Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, is the city of Nitro, which is celebrating its centennial this year with a postmark. -
Jun 16, 2017, 04:00 AMIs ‘Voice Stamp’ a real option? Plus a look inside a significant cover: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we discover some historic contents in a damaged cover, and we take a bite out of some Dutch food stamps that look good enough to eat. -
Jun 11, 2017, 05:00 AMTroy, Ohio, serves up tasty strawberry red postmark for its popular festival
The strawberry red pictorial postmark was put into service June 3 to mark the opening of the 2017 Troy Strawberry Festival in Troy, Ohio. -
Jun 9, 2017, 06:30 AM‘Voice Stamp’: experimental USPS project could spell the demise of postage stamps
Described in a recent YouTube video, Voice Stamp “will get rid of the antiquated stamp and make postage paperless.” -
Jun 2, 2017, 11:30 AMTroy, Ohio, serves up red postmark to celebrate town’s annual strawberry festival
A pictorial postmark in red celebrates the June 3 opening of the annual Troy Strawberry Festival in Troy, Ohio. -
Jun 2, 2017, 08:00 AMDonald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget targets postal union benefits
President Trump wants to roll back some gains the postal unions have made in the almost five decades since President Nixon gave them bargaining rights. -
May 31, 2017, 05:15 AMU.S. Postal Service remains silent on demise of imperforate uncut press sheets
To the dismay of many collectors, the USPS appears to have killed one of its most profitable new products: uncut press sheets of imperforate stamps. -
May 26, 2017, 06:15 AMTrump 2018 budget takes aim at USPS, Are gimmicky stamps good?: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, Linn's managing editor Chad Snee highlights some treasured covers in his Dollar-Sign Stamps column. -
May 24, 2017, 09:15 AMPresident Trump’s 2018 budget resurrects unpopular USPS cost-cutting initiatives
President Donald J. Trump has entered the debate over the future of the United States Postal Service, endorsing some unpopular cost-cutting ideas. -
May 19, 2017, 09:00 AMUSPS PMG makes appeal to Trump, hunt for taxpaid revenue stamps: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we continued our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Great Britain's famous Machin definitive series. -
May 17, 2017, 15:00 PMMay 20 postmark from Chester, Mass., commemorates railway mail service
Before mail trucks, there were mail trains. This postmark commemorates the Chester Railway Mail service in Massachusetts. -
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.
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May 23, 2019, 8 PMDwindling cash liquidity adds to Postal Service woes: Week's Most Read
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May 23, 2019, 9 AMDamaged 20¢ Soil and Water FDC is a keeper
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May 22, 2019, 1 PM1935 2¢ Grand Canyon National Parks cover makes an unlikely claim
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May 22, 2019, 11 AMJune 22 Detroit ceremony for Sesame Street set of 16
