POSTAL UPDATES
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Apr 5, 2019, 09:32 AMEleven Ohio communities score 200th birthday postmark
Shelby County, Ohio, is celebrating its bicentennial this year, and 11 pictorial postmarks are commemorating the occasion. -
Mar 29, 2019, 07:30 AMLawsuit contests letter-rate increase: Week's Most Read
Other top stories this week looked at the new U.S. stamps for the moon landing anniversary and a story about when a postmaster tried to sell the town. -
Mar 25, 2019, 09:09 AMFrom one gallon to one acre: colossal vine earns postmark
The March 17 Sierra Madre, Calif., postmark shows part of " the world’s largest flowering vine." -
Mar 22, 2019, 08:36 AM
Lawsuit contests letter-rate increase implemented Jan. 27
A petition filed with the appeals court in the District of Columbia takes issue with the 5¢ increase in United States domestic letter rates implemented Jan. 27. -
Mar 22, 2019, 08:32 AMUSPS retirement fund payments suspended: Week’s Most Read
This week’s top story is the United States Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin’s suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund. -
Mar 19, 2019, 09:49 AMUniversal Postal Union plans postal regulation conference
The conference comes in the wake of last year’s announcement by President Donald J. Trump that the United States will withdraw from the UPU after 144 years of membership. -
Mar 11, 2019, 13:14 PM
Mnuchin temporarily suspends USPS retirement fund payments
The suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund is caused by the statutory debt limit now back in effect. -
Feb 22, 2019, 08:55 AMAddressing the Universal Postal Union exit: Week's Most Read
The United States Postal Service board of governors stating its support of the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates was the most read Linn's story this week. -
Feb 20, 2019, 09:25 AMLincoln, Neb. postmark for Linpex, APS Stampshow
The Linpex cancel gives a tip of the hat to this year’s APS Stampshow coming to Omaha, Neb. in August. -
Feb 15, 2019, 08:58 AM
U.S. Postal Service governors, postmaster, address UPU exit
United States Postal Service board of governors fully supports the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates. -
Feb 11, 2019, 09:57 AMLoveland, Colo., postmark celebrates Valentine’s Day
The Valentine Remailing Program of Loveland, Colo., is sponsoring a pictorial postmark celebrating love. -
Feb 8, 2019, 16:13 PMPostal Service losses grow in first quarter of fiscal 2019
Declines in first-class mail revenues and a significant increase in operating expenses further deepened the financial challenges faced by the United States Postal Service. -
Feb 4, 2019, 20:39 PMPenner retires, Gicker named acting director of USPS stamp services
Mary-Anne Penner, the director of stamp services for the United States Postal Service, retired as of Jan. 31. -
Jan 18, 2019, 09:43 AMNew postage rates divide by 5: Week's Most Read
Other top stories include a valuable pre-Civil War issue, and Linn's editor-in-chief's thoughts on revealing stamps designs early to avoid a mishap. -
Jan 18, 2019, 09:37 AM‘Keeper of the Seas’ earns postmark for commissioning
The 13th vessel in the Freedom class of littoral combat ships was commissioned Jan. 12 at Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Fla. -
Jan 11, 2019, 11:11 AMNew postage rates divide by 5, and it’s not just a coincidence
Following the Jan. 27 United States postage rate change, the postage values of most rate-specific U.S. stamps are evenly divisible by 5¢. -
Dec 20, 2018, 10:48 AMPostmark for Alvin submersible research vessel
A Dec. 28 postmark commemorates the 5,000th dive of the submersible research vessel Alvin (SDV 2). -
Dec 18, 2018, 08:50 AMUSPS, unions, mailers react to task force report on mails
In a statement published Dec. 4, USPS acknowledged the release on that day of the lengthy report from the Trump administration’s Task Force on the United States Postal System. -
Dec 16, 2018, 12:57 PMWright flight anniversary on two Dec. 17 postmarks
The First Flight Society is commemorating the 115th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ success with two postmarks dated Dec. 17. -
Dec 4, 2018, 20:02 PM
Trump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure
The Task Force on the United States Postal System created last April at the behest of President Donald J. Trump publicly released its report to the president on Dec. 4.
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