POSTAL UPDATES
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Sep 12, 2024, 11:00 AM
USPS plans temporary price increases for 2024 holiday mailing season
If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the temporary rate increases would go into effect at 12 a.m. Central Time on Oct. 6 and remain in place until 12 a.m. Central Time on Jan. 19, 2025. -
Sep 10, 2024, 08:00 AM
Delivering mail by the pail along the Detroit River
The J.W. Westcott II is America’s only floating post office and the only address in ZIP code 48222. -
Sep 9, 2024, 11:30 AM
Historic Puerto Rican high school celebrates centennial with postmark
Built in 1924, the school was named after Puerto Rican poet Jose Gautier Benitez and is notable for being the first high school in the area. -
Aug 28, 2024, 11:30 AM
A pleasant visit to Hell, Mich., filled with humor
The P.T. Barnum of Livingston County, Mich., is a scarred and savvy Vietnam War combat veteran who has built a million-dollar business from a four-letter word. -
Aug 14, 2024, 14:00 PM
Commemorating final journey of Strates shows carnival train
The James E. Strates Shows carnival train, the last of its kind, is featured on the Aug. 1 Erie County Fair postmark displayed nearby. -
Aug 13, 2024, 12:00 PM
Biden nominates Demings, Zollars to USPS board of governors
Members of the USPS board of governors are appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. -
Aug 13, 2024, 08:15 AM
Recalling the First Continental Congress of 1774
The Philadelphia Congress wrapped up in Oct. 1774. “We ask but for Peace, Liberty, and Safety,” the delegates wrote to King George III. -
Jul 30, 2024, 08:45 AM
Visit to Tuscarora, Md., post office recalls George Washington, birdhouses and other memories
Four miles west of Tuscarora is Point of Rocks, Md., whose 1873 Gothic Revival railroad depot is one of five historic terminals featured on a set of five 2023 Historic Railroad Stations stamps. -
Jul 25, 2024, 08:30 AM
Lovable mascot on one of many California State Fair postmarks
The California State Fair mascot, Poppy the Bear, receives a special birthday shout-out on the pictorial postmark shown nearby. -
Jul 24, 2024, 13:00 PM
National Cachetmakers Day postmark available
American First Day Cover Society president Lloyd de Vries designated Saturday, Aug. 17, as National Cachetmakers Day in a July 11 presidential proclamation. -
Jul 18, 2024, 13:00 PM
Retired USPS letter carrier recalls 2007 appearance on ‘Jeopardy!’
Recorded on Sept. 11, 2007, episode 5,362 was U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Wendell Watkins’ quiz show debut and, as it turned out, his swan song. -
Jul 9, 2024, 10:30 AM
Postmark celebrates 60 years of ‘Alvin’s’ deep-sea exploration
Alvin is a manned deep-diving vehicle operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. -
Jul 8, 2024, 13:00 PM
USPS receives sustainability award from Biden administration; DeJoy does U-turn on electric vehicles
Recipients of the sustainability award were selected from a pool of more than 140 nominees and represent domestic and international facilities or projects spanning 10 federal agencies. -
Jul 1, 2024, 07:45 AM
Two USPS letter carriers rescue 85-year-old woman from the jaws of hypothermia
Letter carriers Shakeara and Taishonna Stewart have been recognized as bona fide U.S. Postal Service heroes for rescuing Rebecca Mitchell after Mitchell fell and broke her leg. -
Jun 27, 2024, 11:30 AM
Cheng appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
Cheng works as the head of design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. -
Jun 25, 2024, 12:30 PM
A consequential letter set a young man on a path from Methodist to Shaker
The last of the celibate, communal, consecrated Shakers was a teenage Methodist in Massachusetts when he received a letter that changed his life. -
Jun 25, 2024, 10:45 AM
What’s going to happen to all the USPS long-life vehicles?
New U.S. Postal Service electric vehicles are starting to roll out nationwide, so something would have to happen to the other, older vehicles. -
Jun 21, 2024, 10:00 AM
New Hampshire’s historic coastal hotel celebrates 150 years
A member of Historic Hotels of America since 2007, Wentworth by the Sea was built in the 1870s. -
Jun 17, 2024, 08:00 AM
Navajo Nation embraces the right to vote in person and by mail
The 21st century has brought great changes to the way that the Navajo and other isolated Native Americans cast their ballots. -
Jun 7, 2024, 09:00 AM
Napex 2024 postmark illustrates Watergate break-in controversy
What initially seemed like a minor burglary evolved into a major incident involving widespread abuses of power by members of the Nixon administration.
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