Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Watson was one of the president’s confidants and his former chief of staff before becoming chief.

The decision to eliminate the overseas sales agents is the second recent decision the USPS has made affecting sales to foreign customers.

The charming Dec. 2 Santa Claus postmark shown here is sponsored by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in Plymouth, Vt.

The United States Postal Service has released details for ordering first-day covers for the Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp issued Nov. 30.

Also this week, the Royal Mail adds six stamps to their slate that celebrate the Queen's 70th anniversary.

The Postal Service’s curbside blue collection boxes around the neighborhoods are dropping like flies.

Also this week, the USPS shared some news regarding some forms that will phase out starting in 2018.

Election officials across the state declined to process many absentee ballots that were delivered after the polls closed.

Some post offices have already implemented the changes, and others still have some of the forms readily available in some lobbies.

When the inspector general staff came to Kansas City, they conducted an inventory of the upright Jenny Invert panes, 22 still remained.

The USPS said its controllable loss for the year was $814 million compared to $610 million in fiscal 2016.

All eight postmarks show a silhouette of Santa flying across the sky in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer.

USPS began a pilot expansion program earlier this year, hoping to convince more merchants to ship goods directly to customer via the agency.

Also this week, Turkey and Finland earn respective crowns in separate Europa stamp competitions.

To commemorate 150 years since Tucson began serving as Arizona’s capital, the Postal History Foundation in Tucson sponsored a pictorial cancel.

Known as the Tricky Triangle, the Pocono Raceway hosts NASCAR Cup Series events during the year, including the Overton’s 400 race held July 30.

President Donald Trump announced he will nominate three individuals to serve on the long vacant USPS board of governors.

Former United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe made the suggestion during a Facebook exchange with Cary Brick, a former CSAC member.

The 1¢ letter-rate increase is tied to the approximately 1.9 percent annual rate of inflation, as shown in the Consumer Price Index.