The town of Pittsfield, Maine, is celebrating its bicentennial, and there’s a pictorial postmark for the occasion.

The manager admitted manipulating stamp stock counts by using another supervisor’s password to access the computer system.

Also, as part of this plan, Royal Mail will collect returns from its customers at their homes.

The annual celebration embraces the rich mining heritage of the Yucca Valley region.

Also popular this week were stories about the United States Transcontinental Railroad and Tyrannosaurus Rex stamp issues.

Odyssey of the Mind, a problem-solving contest, began in 1978 with the innovative teachings of C. Samuel Micklus.

The United States Postal Service renewed an appeal for legislative action to reverse its worsening financial condition.

The three judges hearing a challenge to the 55¢ first-class stamp price voiced concerns during a May 10 hearing about how quickly the large rate increase won approval from postal regulators.

The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s logo with the tagline, "There's no place like home," appears in a May 4 postmark.

The United States Postal Service is working with Scholastic Corp. on a letter-writing program for third- and fourth-graders.

Shelby County, Ohio, is celebrating its bicentennial this year, and 11 pictorial postmarks are commemorating the occasion.

Other top stories this week looked at the new U.S. stamps for the moon landing anniversary and a story about when a postmaster tried to sell the town.

The March 17 Sierra Madre, Calif., postmark shows part of " the world’s largest flowering vine."

A petition filed with the appeals court in the District of Columbia takes issue with the 5¢ increase in United States domestic letter rates implemented Jan. 27.

This week’s top story is the United States Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin’s suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund.

The conference comes in the wake of last year’s announcement by President Donald J. Trump that the United States will withdraw from the UPU after 144 years of membership.

The suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund is caused by the statutory debt limit now back in effect.

The United States Postal Service board of governors stating its support of the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates was the most read Linn's story this week.

The Linpex cancel gives a tip of the hat to this year’s APS Stampshow coming to Omaha, Neb. in August.

United States Postal Service board of governors fully supports the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates.