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  • usps-rate-increase-court-filing
    Mar 22, 2019, 08:36 AM

    Lawsuit contests letter-rate increase implemented Jan. 27

    by Molly Goad
    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.

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    Mar 22, 2019, 08:32 AM

    USPS retirement fund payments suspended: Week’s Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    This week’s top story is the United States Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin’s suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund.

  • swiss-1957-upu-official-stamp
    Mar 19, 2019, 09:49 AM

    Universal Postal Union plans postal regulation conference

    by Molly Goad
    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.

  • steven-mnuchin
    Mar 11, 2019, 13:14 PM

    Mnuchin temporarily suspends USPS retirement fund payments

    by Michael Baadke
    The suspension of payments into the postal retiree fund is caused by the statutory debt limit now back in effect.

  • united-states-upu-stamp-1999
    Feb 22, 2019, 08:55 AM

    Addressing the Universal Postal Union exit: Week's Most Read

    by Linn's staff
    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.

  • linpex-cancel
    Feb 20, 2019, 09:25 AM

    Lincoln, Neb. postmark for Linpex, APS Stampshow

    by Molly Goad
    The Linpex cancel gives a tip of the hat to this year’s APS Stampshow coming to Omaha, Neb. in August.

  • united-states-upu-stamp-1999
    Feb 15, 2019, 08:58 AM

    U.S. Postal Service governors, postmaster, address UPU exit

    by Molly Goad
    United States Postal Service board of governors fully supports the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates.

  • loveland-valentine-postmark
    Feb 11, 2019, 09:57 AM

    Loveland, Colo., postmark celebrates Valentine’s Day

    by Molly Goad
    The Valentine Remailing Program of Loveland, Colo., is sponsoring a pictorial postmark celebrating love.

  • USPS Temporary Emergency Committee of the Board of Governors
    Feb 8, 2019, 16:13 PM

    Postal Service losses grow in first quarter of fiscal 2019

    by Michael Baadke
    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.

  • mary-anne-penner-preview
    Feb 4, 2019, 20:39 PM

    Penner retires, Gicker named acting director of USPS stamp services

    by Michael Baadke
    Mary-Anne Penner, the director of stamp services for the United States Postal Service, retired as of Jan. 31.

  • us-2019-flag-stamp
    Jan 18, 2019, 09:43 AM

    New postage rates divide by 5: Week's Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    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.

  • lcs-wichita-postmark
    Jan 18, 2019, 09:37 AM

    ‘Keeper of the Seas’ earns postmark for commissioning

    by Molly Goad
    The 13th vessel in the Freedom class of littoral combat ships was commissioned Jan. 12 at Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Fla.

  • united-states-2019-american-flag-stamp-preview
    Jan 11, 2019, 11:11 AM

    New postage rates divide by 5, and it’s not just a coincidence

    by Molly Goad
    Following the Jan. 27 United States postage rate change, the postage values of most rate-specific U.S. stamps are evenly divisible by 5¢.

  • Postmark for the Alvin submersible research vessel
    Dec 20, 2018, 10:48 AM

    Postmark for Alvin submersible research vessel

    by Michael Baadke
    A Dec. 28 postmark commemorates the 5,000th dive of the submersible research vessel Alvin (SDV 2).

  • usps-task-force-report-preview
    Dec 18, 2018, 08:50 AM

    USPS, unions, mailers react to task force report on mails

    by Michael Baadke
    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.

  • Wright Brothers pictorial postmarks in North Carolina
    Dec 16, 2018, 12:57 PM

    Wright flight anniversary on two Dec. 17 postmarks

    by Michael Baadke
    The First Flight Society is commemorating the 115th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ success with two postmarks dated Dec. 17.

  • usps-task-force-report-preview
    Dec 4, 2018, 20:02 PM

    Trump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure

    by Michael Baadke
    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.

  • united-states-post-office-preview
    Dec 4, 2018, 08:32 AM

    Post offices, USPS headquarters closing Wed. Dec. 5 for mourning

    by Linn's Staff
    President Donald J. Trump has called on Americans to observe Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning for President George H.W. Bush.

  • mission-on-mars-postmark
    Dec 3, 2018, 16:57 PM

    Pictorial postmark commemorates Mars landing

    by Denise McCarty
    Postmark celebrates the recent success of InSight, NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission.

  • usps-rate-increase-2019
    Nov 29, 2018, 14:59 PM

    Commission approves USPS rate change request: Week's Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    The Postal Regulatory Commission's approval of the USPS's rate change request was understandably our top story over the past week.

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