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    Oct 24, 2016, 11:23 AM

    Recent 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.

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    Oct 20, 2016, 13:00 PM

    Postmark 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.

  • usps-parcel-delivery-continues-substantial-growth
    Oct 20, 2016, 07:25 AM

    Parcel 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.

  • usps-rate-increase-announced-2017-weeks-most-read
    Oct 14, 2016, 05:27 AM

    USPS seeks rate increase, Scott catalogs reorganized: Week’s Most Read

    Also this week, we announced the long-awaited reorganization of the Scott Standard catalogs.

  • pewee-valley-kentucky-mail-by-rail-postmark
    Oct 13, 2016, 13:00 PM

    Mail 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.

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    Oct 12, 2016, 12:46 PM

    U.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.

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    Oct 10, 2016, 04:56 AM

    U.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.

  • jack-o-lanterns-stamp-pictorial-postmark
    Oct 9, 2016, 10:00 AM

    Witch 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.

  • remembering-world-war-ii-postmark-tennessee
    Sep 23, 2016, 15:00 PM

    Remembering 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.

  • usps-inspector-general-report-mail-delays
    Sep 23, 2016, 05:18 AM

    USPS 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.

  • united-states-postal-service-universal-postal-union-international-rates
    Sep 20, 2016, 08:00 AM

    UPU 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.

  • united-states-postal-service-inspector-general-report-mail-delays
    Sep 19, 2016, 07:47 AM

    USPS 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.

  • the-white-covered-bridge-greene-county-pa-is-featured-on-sept.-17-18
    Sep 17, 2016, 05:00 AM

    Covered bridge postmark celebrates Pennsylvania bridge festival

    The annual Covered Bridge Festival takes place in southwestern Pennsylvania during the third weekend in September.

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    Sep 10, 2016, 10:00 AM

    New 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.

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    Sep 6, 2016, 04:52 AM

    Postal 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.

  • detroit-river-floating-post-office
    Aug 30, 2016, 15:00 PM

    Detroit 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.

  • united-states-postal-service-funds-tv-show-the-inspectors
    Aug 29, 2016, 09:39 AM

    U.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.

  • defenders-day-postmark
    Aug 26, 2016, 15:00 PM

    Defenders 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.

  • buffalo-soldiers-anaheim-postmark
    Aug 22, 2016, 13:00 PM

    U.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.

  • zne-mb-louisiana-flood-bg
    Aug 20, 2016, 12:15 PM

    Flooding 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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