Bailar laid out his vision for the Postal Service’s future in a March 8, 1976, speech to the Economic Club of Detroit.

"He said his departure has nothing to do with outrage over his salary, but rather because he has finished the job he set out to do."

Mr. Bailar served as the 61st postmaster general for the USPS and enjoyed collecting U.S. stamps depicting his namesake, Benjamin Franklin.

The proposed rules, if adopted, could adversely affect product sales, including computer-generated stamps, both firms said in the Federal Register.

Also this week, a counterfeit 2015 Love stamp was discovered, and we profiled a U.S. Official stamp that is easily misidentified.

Bill McAllister also reports on Postmaster General Megan Brennan's desire to end the price cap that keeps postage rate increases tied to inflation.

“I didn’t get everything I wanted,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz said. But he described the bill as one that would allow the USPS to move away from the red ink.

The ruling came came almost seven years after the government joined a lawsuit filed by Floyd Landis, Armstrong's former teammate.

The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), was officially decommissioned Feb. 3.

No one in Washington disputes that the first quarter of the Postal Service’s fiscal year is its most profitable.

Australia Post is making headlines Down Under this week after it was revealed that the postal service’s CEO made a shockingly high amount of money in 2016.

The Postal Service's proposed new rules, announced Feb. 5, could have a negative impact on images appearing on computer-vended stamps.

Also this week, Uncle Sam's hat is set to make its return to U.S. stamps, and we took a closer look at Royal Mail's planned David Bowie stamps.

The hiring freeze, announced Jan. 23, was modified Jan. 31 to exclude the USPS and allow it to hire thousands of letter carrier assistants.

Also this week, we finally learned from the USPS uncut press sheet quantities for 2016 and 2017, and remembered a former Linn's editor who passed away.

The federal hiring freeze, imposed Jan. 23, could affect the Postal Service's ability to hire tens of thousands of carrier assistants.

There will be a Jan. 20 postmark from Washington, D.C., commemorating the United States presidential inauguration. But this one is different.

Emery worked for 25 years for the United States Postal Service before joining the Washington museum in 2006.

A postmark for the 200th anniversary of the Jamestown, N.Y., post office was made available Dec. 30, 2016.

A 2003 report explains why it costs so much more to sell stamps at post office counters than it does via retail outlets such as supermarkets.