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    Jul 14, 2022, 13:00 PM

    DeJoy to revamp U.S. Postal Service mail plants

    by Bill McAllister
    With package mail becoming more important, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wants a new footprint for postal operations that will be parcel friendly.

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    Jul 8, 2022, 14:00 PM

    Wedding invitations help Bridal Veil post office stay open

    by Molly Goad
    The town was named after the nearby Bridal Veil Falls, a beautiful waterfall that is part of the Oregon State Park system.

  • delta-airlines-settles-claim-with-u.s.-postal-service
    Jul 5, 2022, 16:44 PM

    Delta Airlines settles claim with U.S. Postal Service

    by Bill McAllister
    The Justice Department said the settlement brings the total to more than $80 million that the Postal Service has received from air carriers for submitting false delivery mail scans to the USPS.

  • bentonia-blues-festival-50th-anniversary-pictorial-postmark
    Jun 26, 2022, 16:00 PM

    Bentonia Festival entertains blues enthusiasts for 50 years

    by Molly Goad
    The inaugural festival was held in 1972 at legendary bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ family farm about a mile north of Bentonia.

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    Jun 15, 2022, 13:30 PM

    Postmark for sesquicentennial of Pennsylvania coal, lumber town

    by Molly Goad
    This week’s featured postmark hails from DuBois, Pa., a city 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

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    Jun 13, 2022, 15:31 PM

    PRC questions DeJoy’s plan for air transportation

    by Bill McAllister
    The commission’s caution came in response to a proposed change in delivery standards for retail ground and parcel select ground shipments.

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    Jun 8, 2022, 08:12 AM

    USPS bows to Congress over electric trucks

    by Bill McAllister
    The U.S. Postal Service announced June 1 that it will add a supplemental environmental impact statement to its plan for a new generation of mail delivery trucks.

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    May 31, 2022, 10:30 AM

    Cattle and crops featured on Denver postmarks

    by Molly Goad
    The Rocky Mountain Stamp Show took place May 27-29.

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    May 26, 2022, 08:15 AM

    Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is determined to stay

    by Bill McAllister
    As DeJoy made clear in his keynote address at the National Postal Forum on May 16, his plan calls for much more with regard to the nation’s mail service.

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    May 18, 2022, 08:30 AM

    House bill seeks to allow members of Congress to visit USPS facilities

    by Bill McAllister
    The bill is called the Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service Act.

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    May 17, 2022, 13:47 PM

    Democrats press for electric mail trucks

    by Bill McAllister
    President Joe Biden, House Democrats and environmental organizations are pressing for more electric postal trucks.

  • walt-disney-hometown-museum-postmark
    May 16, 2022, 10:05 AM

    Walt Disney’s hometown museum welcomes fan club with postmark

    by Molly Goad
    The Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, Mo., has sponsored a postmark featuring an image of Walt’s barn.

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    May 12, 2022, 08:15 AM

    PMG DeJoy declares USPS rate increases will continue

    by Bill McAllister
    DeJoy made clear the USPS is going to continue to be revenue hungry.

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    May 3, 2022, 09:52 AM

    Postal Service truck plan attacked in lawsuits

    by Bill McAllister
    The suits, filed in federal district courts, argue that the DeJoy plan should be set aside by the courts because it violates federal environmental standards.

  • united-states-postal-service-special-handling-fragile-mail-label
    Apr 27, 2022, 09:58 AM

    USPS says no to delivery of fragile mail

    by Bill McAllister
    Public comments on the decision will be accepted until May 20.

  • portsmouth-rises-homecoming-2022-north-carolina-postmark
    Apr 25, 2022, 12:38 PM

    Deserted Outer Banks island hosts reunion after four-year hiatus

    by Molly Goad
    Every two years, a remote island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks hosts a reunion for those who trace their lineage to its former dwellers.

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    Apr 21, 2022, 13:54 PM

    USPS to slow mail delivery beginning May 1

    by Bill McAllister
    The move will affect about one-third of the Postal Service’s first-class parcels, which now will take one to two days more to deliver.

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    Apr 20, 2022, 11:30 AM

    Show cancel marks centennial of U.S. Fourth Bureau definitive series

    by Molly Goad
    The 1922 definitive series was introduced to replace the Washington-Franklin series, which had been in service since 1908.

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    Apr 20, 2022, 08:48 AM

    Biden signs Postal Reform Act into law

    by Bill McAllister
    The measure passed both the House of Representatives and Senate with bipartisan support.

  • united-states-postal-service-next-generation-delivery-vehicle
    Apr 18, 2022, 15:00 PM

    Postal Service balked at electric delivery trucks in 2009

    by Bill McAllister
    There is nothing new about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s reluctance to plunge into the electric truck market.

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    Rare U.S. 1933 50¢ Zeppelin airmail small die proof in July 22-24 Kelleher Flagship auction


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    Mushrooms pictured on July 3 stamps issued by Royal Mail


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