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    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.

  • national-airmail-museum-preview
    Nov 21, 2018, 05:00 AM

    National Airmail Museum designated in new FAA law

    by Michael Baadke
    The airmail hangar at Smith Field in Fort Wayne, Ind., has been designated as the future site of the National Airmail Museum.

  • usps-rate-increase-2019
    Nov 19, 2018, 09:30 AM

    Commission approves USPS rate change request

    by Linn's Staff
    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.

  • spray-on-postmark-test-2018-preview
    Nov 19, 2018, 04:00 AM

    Cancellation test in Virginia

    by Jay Bigalke
    The United States Postal Service is testing a new postmark design at its mail-processing plant in northern Virginia.

  • usps-vehicle
    Nov 16, 2018, 06:15 AM

    Postal Service seeks changes in regulations to ease losses

    by Michael Baadke
    USPS revealed a net loss of $3.9 billion for fiscal year 2018 at a Nov. 14 meeting.

  • poppy-postmark
    Nov 12, 2018, 08:00 AM

    Military museum reopens, honors heroes with postmark

    by Molly Goad
    A Nov. 10 postmark honors those who sacrificed their lives in World War I.

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