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    Aug 27, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Postmarks extend excitement of Aug. 21 total solar eclipse

    The explosion of solar eclipse postmarks that began with last week’s listing continues this week.

  • usps-stamp-fulfillment-services-foreign-credit-card-orders
    Aug 19, 2017, 06:00 AM

    USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services no longer accepting foreign credit card payments

    A collector in the United Kingdom was surprised to learn that Stamp Fulfillment Services would no longer accept payment using his credit card.

  • lincoln-city-oregon-postmark-landfall-total-solar-eclipse
    Aug 17, 2017, 13:00 PM

    Coast-to-coast eclipse postmarks include ‘landfall’ marking in Oregon

    The total solar eclipse sweeping across the United States Aug. 21 is the theme for numerous pictorial cancels in this week’s listings.

  • usps-first-class-mail-volume-decline
    Aug 14, 2017, 05:45 AM

    Continuing decline in first-class mail volume highlights ‘strong headwinds’ facing USPS

    There are some numbers in the U.S. Postal Service’s latest financial report that seriously worry top postal officials.

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    Aug 4, 2017, 05:00 AM

    USPS addresses filthy facilities, UN continues World Heritage series: Week’s Most Read

    Also this week, additional information came to light about an elusive 1904 cover sent from Alaska to Indiana that lost its stamp.

  • usps-postage-reselling-program-scrutinized
    Aug 1, 2017, 04:45 AM

    USPS ‘postage reselling’ program scrutinized

    An investigative firm in Washington, D.C., has called into question some of the price discounting behind the Postal Service’s ‘postage reselling’ program.

  • rochester-red-wings-minor-league-baseball-team-postmark
    Jul 31, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Rochester postmark for baseball fan and stamp honoree Robert Panara

    The Rochester Red Wings baseball team paid tribute July 23 to Robert Panara, the grandfather of deaf studies, who worked in Rochester, N.Y.

  • usps-facility-upkeep
    Jul 30, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Post offices need ‘upkeep and repair,’ says USPS inspector general

    The inspector general blamed some of the problem on landlords “failing to perform requested repairs.”

  • 2014-red-1932-ford-hot-rod-post-office-counter-sign-board-magnet
    Jul 23, 2017, 15:00 PM

    Post office counter display magnet shows preliminary design for Hot Rods stamp

    The stamps show one Ford “Deuce” in black with orange-red and yellow flames on the sides of the hot rod and the other “Deuce” in red.

  • eclipse-postmarks-visible-long-after-total-solar-eclipse
    Jul 22, 2017, 15:00 PM

    Eclipse postmarks will be visible long after the total solar eclipse has passed

    The total solar eclipse will be visible within a relatively narrow band roughly 70 miles wide that will cross the nation.

  • united-states-postal-service-letter-carriers-violate-federal-law
    Jul 20, 2017, 04:30 AM

    USPS letter carriers violated federal law while working for Clinton presidential campaign

    The United States Postal Service allowed 97 letter carriers to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year, in violation of the Hatch Act.

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    Jul 14, 2017, 09:00 AM

    Thoreau Farm postmark celebrates author’s July 12 birth bicentenary

    The Thoreau Society, in association with Thoreau Farm, sponsored a July 12 pictorial postmark from the author’s birthplace, Concord, Mass.

  • united-states-postal-service-raises-two-international-mail-rates
    Jul 13, 2017, 10:30 AM

    USPS to raise rates on pair of international mail services

    The International Mailers’ Advisory Group said July 12 that increases are planned for international priority airmail and international surface air lift.

  • vintage-circus-press-sheet-questions
    Jun 30, 2017, 05:46 AM

    Questions continue to swirl around USPS press sheets, more Jenny uprights found: Week’s Most Read

    Also this week, we dove into a set of covers that tells the stories of those who landed on Ellis Island.

  • postal-reform-effort-chaffetz-gowdy
    Jun 27, 2017, 11:30 AM

    Another postal reform effort fades away

    The pending retirement of House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz appears to signal the end to his efforts to enact postal reform in Congress.

  • vintage-circus-press-sheet-questions
    Jun 25, 2017, 04:50 AM

    USPS press sheets: more questions than answers

    After uncut press sheets without die cuts were abruptly pulled from sale by the U.S. Postal Service, press sheets with die cuts remained available.

  • nitro-west-virginia-living-memorial-park-postmark
    Jun 16, 2017, 13:00 PM

    Nitro, W.Va., dedicates memorial park as part of centennial celebration

    Just about 15 miles west of Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, is the city of Nitro, which is celebrating its centennial this year with a postmark.

  • united-states-postal-service-voice-stamp-experimental-mail-project
    Jun 16, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Is ‘Voice Stamp’ a real option? Plus a look inside a significant cover: Week’s Most Read

    Also this week, we discover some historic contents in a damaged cover, and we take a bite out of some Dutch food stamps that look good enough to eat.

  • troy-strawberry-festival-pictorial-postmark
    Jun 11, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Troy, Ohio, serves up tasty strawberry red postmark for its popular festival

    The strawberry red pictorial postmark was put into service June 3 to mark the opening of the 2017 Troy Strawberry Festival in Troy, Ohio.

  • united-states-postal-service-voice-stamp-experimental-project
    Jun 9, 2017, 06:30 AM

    ‘Voice Stamp’: experimental USPS project could spell the demise of postage stamps

    Described in a recent YouTube video, Voice Stamp “will get rid of the antiquated stamp and make postage paperless.”

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