The USPS is retreating from a plan to get the Staples office supply chain to offer postal services at more than 500 of its outlets.

Before going home for the Christmas holidays, the Senate once again reaffirmed its belief that the United States Postal Service needs to be regulated.

USPS expects to serve 12 million customers Monday. But a majority of them will not be waiting in line at their town’s local brick-and-mortar post office.

The town of Boston in western New York, roughly 30 minutes south of Buffalo and an hour south of Niagara Falls, turns 200 in 2017.

The covers we have seen indicate that this year’s holiday postmark is disappointing from the collector’s point of view.

Other words associated with Christmas also appear on the postmark, which is in use until Jan. 6.

In the early darkness of Dec. 5, 1916, a mail wagon driver heading for the mining camp of Jarbidge, Nev., was murdered for the $4,000 in his mail pouches.

The artist couldn’t get his political stamp design approved, and a federal judge has told the United States Postal Service it must address his complaint.

A Michigan postmark includes two happy reindeer providing a little extra horsepower to a familiar-looking USPS delivery truck.

Congress, now in its lame duck session, is not likely to pass legislation to improve the financial picture of the U.S. Postal Service.

United States forever stamps have been a big hit with the public. But for postal auditors, they’ve been something of a headache.

Two pictorial postmarks in this week’s listings commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Japanese military attack on Dec. 7, 1941.

Also this week, we looked at the market for one of the most attractive U.S. stamp sets and a stamp with a 'Mad' magazine connection.

For the third straight year, the United States Postal Service has managed to show an operating profit.

For the past 43 years, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has been gathering and distributing food to fight hunger in LA County.

Unless Congress acts quickly, the Postal Service’s board of governors could lose its last presidentially appointed member in mid-December.

If a voter does not pay the proper postage on their mail-in ballot, will their vote be cast?

A Methodist minister, this notable New Yorker helped escaping slaves fleeing the South to freedom across the Ohio River.

Also this week, a U.S. stamp is in demand because of its popularity with Chinese collectors, and a Jenny Invert is for sale.

UPU congress provides a ‘reasonable compromise’ regarding the Postal Service's costs for inbound international parcels.