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    Aug 13, 2020, 12:41 PM

    Trump says no to USPS funding

    The president made clear his opposition to Democratic efforts to help the financially strained USPS.

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    Aug 11, 2020, 15:00 PM

    Submarine underway creates pleasing postmark

    Residing at Pearl Harbor’s historic piers, the USS Missouri was commissioned July 31, 2010.

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    Aug 11, 2020, 14:23 PM

    USPS denies rate boost for election mail

    The U.S. Postal Service has urged election officials to use first-class mail for mailing ballots to voters.

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    Aug 10, 2020, 11:40 AM

    Postmaster General DeJoy responds to his critics

    DeJoy sought to portray himself as an opponent of privatizing the USPS.

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    Aug 4, 2020, 12:35 PM

    USPS begins its first loyalty rewards program

    Beginning in January 2021, the USPS will implement loyalty tiers that will reward high-volume shippers with increased discounts.

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    Jul 28, 2020, 13:00 PM

    Nevada Stamp Study Society sponsors two postmarks

    The postmarks honor the centennial of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and 150 years of coin minting in Nevada.

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    Jul 28, 2020, 09:47 AM

    PMG DeJoy says Postal Service must make changes

    DeJoy made his first moves on overtime in remarks that were delivered to postal workers on July 10 by supervisors.

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    Jul 22, 2020, 12:52 PM

    No honeymoon in Washington for new PMG DeJoy

    A big financial supporter of the president, DeJoy was appointed postmaster general by a board composed of Trump appointees.

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    Jul 16, 2020, 15:28 PM

    U.S. postmaster general’s plan for ‘pivot’ to cut USPS costs leaked

    DeJoy called for “an operational pivot” that he said was “long overdue” for the financially troubled Postal Service.

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    Jul 15, 2020, 14:52 PM

    Election season shaping up to be a great postal challenge

    As the United States Postal Service prepares for the upcoming election season, the agency’s inspector general has issued a report warning of problems that could arise processing a large number of absentee ballots.

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    Jul 9, 2020, 12:27 PM

    COVID-19 pandemic reflected in lack of postmarks

    The biweekly Postal Bulletin includes the pictorial postmarks featured here, and this week, there are only two to share.

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    Jul 8, 2020, 08:26 AM

    Appeals court rejects Postal Service’s secrecy regarding losses on inbound foreign mail

    At stake in the case are revenue, volume, cost and foreign contribution data for inbound foreign mail.

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    Jul 1, 2020, 08:00 AM

    United States Postal Service history publication updated through 2019

    The full-color 144-page softcover book is available in both print and online versions.

  • william-gicker-usps-director-stamp-services
    Jun 29, 2020, 11:43 AM

    Gicker appointed director of stamp services for USPS

    Gicker was previously creative director and manager of stamp development for the USPS.

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    Jun 25, 2020, 08:30 AM

    U.S. Postal Service retreats from dire financial forecast

    Package volume had soared as much as 80 percent ahead of levels a year ago, much to the amazement of postal officials.

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    Jun 24, 2020, 09:22 AM

    Zollars, Moak join USPS board of governors

    The U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors can have up to nine presidential nominees.

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    Jun 20, 2020, 10:30 AM

    SpaceX Crew Dragon lands on postmark

    The SpaceX Crew Dragon went into orbit May 30 with two NASA astronauts on board, headed for the International Space Station.

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    Jun 15, 2020, 12:41 PM

    PMG DeJoy praises USPS employees on first day

    In his first act as the nation’s 75th postmaster general, DeJoy announced he was honoring his predecessor, Megan J. Brennan, with the Benjamin Franklin award.

  • zazzle-stamp-democracy-not-for-sale
    Jun 12, 2020, 08:39 AM

    D.C. appeals court strikes down ban on political images on customized postage stamps

    The ruling also sent the case back to a lower court that had ruled in 2019 against the 2015 challenge by artist Anatol Zukerman and a Washington, D.C., art gallery.

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    Jun 9, 2020, 08:30 AM

    Cancel proclaims 2020 Army motto: With Vision We Lead

    The U.S. Military Academy is located in West Point, N.Y.

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