POSTAL UPDATES
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Nov 19, 2018, 09:30 AM
Commission approves USPS rate change request
The Postal Regulatory Commission on Nov. 13 approved the U.S. Postal Service's request for planned changes to postage rates for letters and packages. -
Nov 19, 2018, 04:00 AM
Cancellation test in Virginia
The United States Postal Service is testing a new postmark design at its mail-processing plant in northern Virginia. -
Nov 16, 2018, 06:15 AM
Postal Service seeks changes in regulations to ease losses
USPS revealed a net loss of $3.9 billion for fiscal year 2018 at a Nov. 14 meeting. -
Nov 12, 2018, 08:00 AM
Military museum reopens, honors heroes with postmark
A Nov. 10 postmark honors those who sacrificed their lives in World War I. -
Nov 2, 2018, 04:15 AM
Bomb parcels: Week’s Most Read
The week's most-read story was our coverage of the bombs made to look like USPS parcels — yet delivered by courier — to various political leaders and CNN. -
Oct 25, 2018, 08:30 AM
United States will pull out of UPU: Week’s Most Read
The White House announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union was a big story over the past week. -
Oct 24, 2018, 13:10 PM
Some bomb parcels made to look like mailing, reports say
A photograph posted by CNN shows a parcel franked with six 2017 Flag forever stamps. -
Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 PM
United States will pull out of UPU, White House announces
The United States will leave the Universal Postal Union after changes sought by President Trump were not acted upon by the international group. -
Oct 15, 2018, 08:45 AM
Parachuting postmark issued for West Virginia festival
A pictorial postmark has been issued to commemorate one of the world’s largest extreme sports events. -
Oct 10, 2018, 12:15 PM
USPS proposes 5¢ stamp price increase and more
Forever stamp prices would increase from 50¢ to 55¢ under the new proposal, which would take effect in late January. -
Oct 5, 2018, 10:30 AM
Texas’ largest Spanish fort on postmark
The Oct. 5-6 pictorial postmark is being offered for a historical re-enactment called "A Walk Through Time." -
Oct 5, 2018, 05:15 AM
Task force’s recommendations to Trump remain a mystery: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, Harry Potter and friends appear on a new Royal Mail set, and the United States and Israel will have a joint issue for Hanukkah. -
Oct 4, 2018, 07:15 AM
Suspect in D.C. mail case arrested by FBI in Utah
A former Navy sailor was arrested Oct. 3 as part of an investigation into letters sent to the president and the Pentagon which included castor seeds. -
Sep 28, 2018, 08:30 AM
Former Postmaster General Paul N. Carlin honored
They gathered at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, D.C., to remember a man who got one of the rawest deals ever given a departing postal executive. -
Sep 26, 2018, 16:00 PM
Senate approves mail measure to curb drugs
The 99-to-1 vote came Sept. 17 after the measure was bundled with others aimed at attacking the nation’s opioid crisis. -
Sep 26, 2018, 14:00 PM
Task force’s recommendations to Trump remain a mystery
The silence has led to several public predictions that the panel’s proposals will “never see the light of day.” -
Sep 20, 2018, 09:00 AM
‘Thinking of You’ postmark promotes greeting card use
Linn's editor-in-chief Jay Bigalke thinks the postmark has a great concept with a not-so-great execution. -
Sep 19, 2018, 06:00 AM
Trump criticizes Universal Postal Union in memorandum
President Trump blasts the UPU for establishing international rates that favor foreign mailers over domestic mail users. -
Sep 17, 2018, 10:30 AM
Florida postmark celebrates first responders
The Hollywood (Florida) Stamp Club has sponsored a Sept. 14 pictorial postmark to honor first responders. -
Sep 6, 2018, 09:30 AM
Push for Aretha Franklin stamp made at funeral
A suggestion by a former member of the Detroit City Council has grown into a national campaign to secure a stamp for the late “Queen of Soul.”
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