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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

  • parcel-news-fbi
    Nov 2, 2018, 04:15 AM

    Bomb parcels: Week’s Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    The week's most-read story was our coverage of the bombs made to look like USPS parcels — yet delivered by courier — to various political leaders and CNN.

  • united-states-universal-postal-union-stamp
    Oct 25, 2018, 08:30 AM

    United States will pull out of UPU: Week’s Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    The White House announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union was a big story over the past week.

  • parcel-news-fbi
    Oct 24, 2018, 13:10 PM

    Some bomb parcels made to look like mailing, reports say

    by Linn's Stamp News staff
    A photograph posted by CNN shows a parcel franked with six 2017 Flag forever stamps.

  • united-states-out-of-upu
    Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 PM

    United States will pull out of UPU, White House announces

    by Michael Baadke
    The United States will leave the Universal Postal Union after changes sought by President Trump were not acted upon by the international group.

  • bridge-day
    Oct 15, 2018, 08:45 AM

    Parachuting postmark issued for West Virginia festival

    by Molly Goad
    A pictorial postmark has been issued to commemorate one of the world’s largest extreme sports events.

  • usps-rates-2019
    Oct 10, 2018, 12:15 PM

    USPS proposes 5¢ stamp price increase and more

    by Michael Baadke
    Forever stamp prices would increase from 50¢ to 55¢ under the new proposal, which would take effect in late January.

  • menard-texas-postmark
    Oct 5, 2018, 10:30 AM

    Texas’ largest Spanish fort on postmark

    by Molly Goad
    The Oct. 5-6 pictorial postmark is being offered for a historical re-enactment called "A Walk Through Time."

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    Oct 5, 2018, 05:15 AM

    Task force’s recommendations to Trump remain a mystery: Week’s Most Read

    by Molly Goad
    Also this week, Harry Potter and friends appear on a new Royal Mail set, and the United States and Israel will have a joint issue for Hanukkah.

  • pentagon-mail
    Oct 4, 2018, 07:15 AM

    Suspect in D.C. mail case arrested by FBI in Utah

    by Bill McAllister
    A former Navy sailor was arrested Oct. 3 as part of an investigation into letters sent to the president and the Pentagon which included castor seeds.

  • paul-carlin
    Sep 28, 2018, 08:30 AM

    Former Postmaster General Paul N. Carlin honored

    by Bill McAllister
    They gathered at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, D.C., to remember a man who got one of the rawest deals ever given a departing postal executive.

  • usps-package-sorting-opiods-mail-delivery
    Sep 26, 2018, 16:00 PM

    Senate approves mail measure to curb drugs

    by Bill McAllister
    The 99-to-1 vote came Sept. 17 after the measure was bundled with others aimed at attacking the nation’s opioid crisis.

  • usps-truck
    Sep 26, 2018, 14:00 PM

    Task force’s recommendations to Trump remain a mystery

    by Bill McAllister
    The silence has led to several public predictions that the panel’s proposals will “never see the light of day.”

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