POSTAL UPDATES
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Aug 27, 2017, 04:00 AMPostmarks extend excitement of Aug. 21 total solar eclipse
The explosion of solar eclipse postmarks that began with last week’s listing continues this week. -
Aug 19, 2017, 06:00 AMUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services no longer accepting foreign credit card payments
A collector in the United Kingdom was surprised to learn that Stamp Fulfillment Services would no longer accept payment using his credit card. -
Aug 17, 2017, 13:00 PMCoast-to-coast eclipse postmarks include ‘landfall’ marking in Oregon
The total solar eclipse sweeping across the United States Aug. 21 is the theme for numerous pictorial cancels in this week’s listings. -
Aug 14, 2017, 05:45 AMContinuing decline in first-class mail volume highlights ‘strong headwinds’ facing USPS
There are some numbers in the U.S. Postal Service’s latest financial report that seriously worry top postal officials. -
Aug 4, 2017, 05:00 AMUSPS addresses filthy facilities, UN continues World Heritage series: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, additional information came to light about an elusive 1904 cover sent from Alaska to Indiana that lost its stamp. -
Aug 1, 2017, 04:45 AMUSPS ‘postage reselling’ program scrutinized
An investigative firm in Washington, D.C., has called into question some of the price discounting behind the Postal Service’s ‘postage reselling’ program. -
Jul 31, 2017, 05:00 AMRochester postmark for baseball fan and stamp honoree Robert Panara
The Rochester Red Wings baseball team paid tribute July 23 to Robert Panara, the grandfather of deaf studies, who worked in Rochester, N.Y. -
Jul 30, 2017, 04:00 AMPost offices need ‘upkeep and repair,’ says USPS inspector general
The inspector general blamed some of the problem on landlords “failing to perform requested repairs.” -
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.”
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Jul 18, 2019, 10 AMDistrict Court rejects 2015 personalized stamp attacking controversial Citizens United case
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World Stamps
Jul 18, 2019, 8 AMNew stamp designs illustrate that words matter
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