Postal Updates

May 25, 2018 11:10 AM

Recent U.S. postmarks incorporate themes of summer, fundraising

The American Cancer Society has sponsored a special postmark for its June 2 Relay for Life in Rock Falls, Ill.

May 20, 2018 09:00 AM

Date meets ZIP of Iowa town with remarkable high school baseball history

The cancel honors the town’s impressive high school baseball team, which played its last inning of baseball in 1991 when the school closed its doors.

May 18, 2018 08:00 AM

Former Postmaster General Paul N. Carlin, 1931-2018

Paul Nestor Carlin, a career postal service worker who became the 66th postmaster general of the United States died April 25.

May 17, 2018 10:00 AM

Everyone is welcome at memorial event featured on Nitro, W.Va. postmark

This year’s event takes place May 16-25. The organization’s website encourages men and women from ages 8 to 80 participate.

May 10, 2018 09:00 AM

Former USPS board chairman provides suggestions to save the Postal Service

The comments are the latest indication of how troubled some of the Postal Service’s traditional allies are with the agency's continued downward trend.

May 10, 2018 07:45 AM

Postal Service lays claim to U.S. airline foundations at stamp first day

The USPS used a stamp ceremony to remind the nation that its first mail pilots laid the foundations for commercial aviation in America.

May 04, 2018 09:00 AM

USPS settles lawsuit with cyclist Lance Armstrong: Week’s Most Read

Also this week, Royal Mail depicts several owl species on 10 new stamps.

April 27, 2018 10:45 AM

Cyclist Lance Armstrong settles U.S. Postal Service sponsorship lawsuit

The United States Postal Service stands to receive “a substantial portion” of the $5 million former cyclist Lance Armstrong is paying the government to end a lawsuit over his Tour de France victories.

April 21, 2018 09:30 AM

Pittsburgh Pipers 1967-68 basketball team remembered on postmark

The first championship of the American Basketball Association (ABA) is being celebrated 50 years later on a pictorial postmark sponsored by the Wilkinsburg Stamp Club.

April 13, 2018 03:00 PM

President Trump directs commission to study U.S. Postal Service

President Donald Trump has directed a presidential task force to study the United States Postal Service and how it prices packages.

April 13, 2018 08:00 AM

USPS lacks transparency when discussing post office leases: Week’s Most Read

Also this week, the USPS receives suggestions on how to improve collector relations, and the inspector general addresses the USPS recycling program.

April 11, 2018 07:45 AM

Less transparency provided on U.S. Postal Service post office leases

For years, the United States Postal Service has published on its website information about the rent it pays for postal facilities across the nation.

April 10, 2018 11:15 AM

U.S. Postal Service recycling program fall short of expectations

The United States Postal Service began a national recycling program in fiscal 2014, spending $33 million.

April 09, 2018 11:15 AM

Annual festival in Tennessee’s ‘Mule Town’ includes postmark

A smiling mule is the subject of a pictorial postmark from Columbia, Tenn., a city often referred to as the “mule capital of the world.”

April 04, 2018 10:15 AM

President Trump again comments on Amazon-U.S. Postal Service deal

President Donald Trump seems determined to undermine the United States Postal Service’s relationship with one of its biggest customers.

April 04, 2018 08:00 AM

Korean War memorial sculptor who challenged Postal Service dies

The former paratrooper and World War II veteran won nearly $685,000 in damages in 2013 over the use of his statues on a commemorative stamp.

March 30, 2018 07:00 AM

USPS side of the Lady Liberty stamp claim: Week’s Most Read

Also this week, we tipped 2-cent George Washington stamp that collectors tend to gravitate towards.

March 26, 2018 11:15 AM

U.S. Postal Service lawyers urge judge to reject Lady Liberty stamp claim

Lawyers for the United States Postal Service have urged a federal judge to reject a Nevada sculptor’s claims for million of dollars in damages.

March 23, 2018 08:30 AM

USPS, Inspector General disagree on correspondence mail: Week’s Most Read

Also this week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it will issue four stamps featuring dragons.

March 16, 2018 08:48 AM

Indiana group targets Fort Wayne for airmail museum: Week’s Most Read

Also this week, the American Philatelic Research Library named a new president.
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