POSTAL UPDATES
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Oct 24, 2016, 11:23 AMRecent UPU congress provides ‘reasonable compromise’ for USPS parcel costs
UPU congress provides a ‘reasonable compromise’ regarding the Postal Service's costs for inbound international parcels. -
Oct 20, 2016, 13:00 PMPostmark honors American Philatelic Research Library’s long-awaited opening
The library's move to its new facility is being celebrated with a dinner and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 29. -
Oct 20, 2016, 07:25 AMParcel delivery could be the future of the U.S. Postal Service
Parcel delivery is the one segment of the mail that has grown dramatically, while first-class letters continue to decline. -
Oct 14, 2016, 05:27 AMUSPS seeks rate increase, Scott catalogs reorganized: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we announced the long-awaited reorganization of the Scott Standard catalogs. -
Oct 13, 2016, 13:00 PMMail by rail, recently restored mail hook featured on new postmark
Pewee Valley, northeast of Louisville, relied upon trains for mail service for more than a century, beginning in 1856. -
Oct 12, 2016, 12:46 PMU.S. Postal Service asks PRC for return of 49¢ first-class stamp
The 49¢ first-class stamp will be returning, if the United States Postal Service has its way. -
Oct 10, 2016, 04:56 AMU.S. Postal Service seeks rate increase for January 2017
Here’s an important stamp date: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. That’s when the USPS says it wants to implement its next rate change. -
Oct 9, 2016, 10:00 AMWitch flies across postmark from world Halloween capital
Collectors can use their new Jack-o'-Lantern stamps to obtain a number of Halloween-themed postmarks, including this one. -
Sep 23, 2016, 15:00 PMRemembering World War II with a new postmark
An event in Tennessee that includes public battle and encampment re-enactments and other 1940s-era activities now has a postmark. -
Sep 23, 2016, 05:18 AMUSPS sees delayed mail spike, Canada’s 2017 commemoratives revealed: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, both the USPS and Canada Post revealed a slew of 2017 commemorative stamp subjects. -
Sep 20, 2016, 08:00 AMUPU seeks to address international rates that put USPS at a disadvantage
International mail rates set by the Universal Postal Union can be extremely favorable to some countries and costly to others. -
Sep 19, 2016, 07:47 AMUSPS Inspector General reports massive increases in delayed mail
A new internal USPS report has documented a huge increase in delayed mail resulting from the United States Postal Service’s efforts to cut its costs. -
Sep 17, 2016, 05:00 AMCovered bridge postmark celebrates Pennsylvania bridge festival
The annual Covered Bridge Festival takes place in southwestern Pennsylvania during the third weekend in September. -
Sep 10, 2016, 10:00 AMNew Star Trek stamps inspire new Star Trek pictorial postmark
The postmark being used by several post offices features an overhead view of a Federation starship, presumably the USS Enterprise. -
Sep 6, 2016, 04:52 AMPostal Regulatory Commission to begin postal rates review in late December
The Postal Regulatory Commission announced Sept. 1 that it would begin a review of its system of regulating postal rates in late December. -
Aug 30, 2016, 15:00 PMDetroit River still home to America’s only floating post office
The tugboat has its own ZIP code and has been operating for 65 years. The company that operates it goes back a little further. -
Aug 29, 2016, 09:39 AMU.S. Postal Service funding children’s TV drama ‘The Inspectors’
Since 2014, the U.S. Postal Service has been funding The Inspectors, a children’s TV show based on actual cases handled by U.S. postal inspectors. -
Aug 26, 2016, 15:00 PMDefenders Day postmark recalls event that inspired a national anthem: Postmark Pursuit
The sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry after the Battle of Baltimore inspired Francis Scott Key's famed poem. -
Aug 22, 2016, 13:00 PMU.S. Army’s Buffalo Soldiers honored on new postmark: Postmark Pursuit
Buffalo Soldiers were the men who served in post-Civil War U.S. Army regiments made up of African-American troops. -
Aug 20, 2016, 12:15 PMFlooding shuts down Louisiana post offices
Several post offices in Louisiana have been forced to move operations to different facilities because of flooding that has ravaged the state.
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