POSTAL UPDATES
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Oct 9, 2021, 11:30 AMPRC again questions USPS mail delivery plan
While the PRC said it found the “stated goals … appear reasonable,” it declared that the overall slow mail plan is based on facts that “have not been demonstrated.” -
Oct 8, 2021, 09:32 AMUSPS offering check cashing at four locations
The four communities where the tests are underway are Washington, D.C.; Falls Church, Va.; Baltimore, Md.; and the Bronx, N.Y. -
Sep 30, 2021, 12:50 PMPriority Mail boxes and envelopes are shrinking
The Postal Service said it is changing the dimensions of 11 of its boxes offered to the general public and three specialty boxes provided to high-volume customers. -
Sep 25, 2021, 10:00 AMA Sept. 11 anniversary postmark
The Friends of Flight 93 nonprofit organization is honoring the flight’s 33 passengers and seven crew members with a pictorial postmark on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11. -
Sep 23, 2021, 10:50 AMSt. Nick and sleigh on next USPS holiday postage label
The postage labels are dispensed at self-service kiosks installed in many post offices across the country. -
Sep 20, 2021, 14:30 PM
Appeals court wary of upending Postal Service rate case
The hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ended without the judges giving any indication when they might rule. -
Sep 16, 2021, 11:47 AM
USPS plans price hikes two times a year starting in 2023
The affected market dominant products include first-class mail, marketing (advertising) mail, periodicals, package services and special services. -
Sep 14, 2021, 14:00 PMShow-Me State’s capitol depicted on convention cancel
The Sept. 9, 2021, Postal Bulletin contained details about pictorial postmarks for three different September stamp shows. -
Sep 8, 2021, 16:05 PMElectric postal trucks face uphill battle in Congress
The fight to get taxpayers to fund a new fleet of electric mail trucks promises to be intense with little certainty of the outcome. -
Sep 7, 2021, 10:10 AMNational Postal Museum removes John C. Calhoun quote
A complaint regarding Calhoun’s support of slavery prompted museum officials to remove a quote from Calhoun concerning postal matters. -
Sep 2, 2021, 16:19 PM
USPS letter carriers being denied full pay
The startling finding is at the heart of a new study from the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity. -
Aug 31, 2021, 16:00 PMEducator and civil rights leader Clara Luper lauded on postmark
Luper became the advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council in 1957. -
Aug 18, 2021, 09:58 AMEthics issues continue to swirl around PMG DeJoy
DeJoy, his spokesmen have consistently said, believes all his actions have been proper under the Postal Service’s ethics rules. -
Aug 16, 2021, 13:00 PMBetter late than never: Oregon town hosts Centennial+1
The postmark for Centennial+1 was drawn by local artist Sue Allen and features a depiction of a Steiner cabin and the town’s namesake plant. -
Aug 16, 2021, 08:00 AMUSPS requests surcharge for holiday package mail
This is the second year that the USPS has proposed a holiday surcharge similar to ones imposed by other carriers. -
Aug 10, 2021, 09:30 AMPostmark commemorates the first lunar rover mission
Apollo 15 headed back to Earth on Aug. 2, 1971. Also on that date, the Postal Service issued a pair of 8¢ Space Achievement Decade stamps featuring a lunar rover. -
Aug 9, 2021, 13:50 PM
Postal Service to move ahead with mail delivery plan
The new standards will allow up to five days for delivery of first-class domestic letters instead of three days. -
Jul 23, 2021, 10:30 AMCommission casts doubt on DeJoy’s slower mail delivery plan
The Postal Regulatory Commission urged caution on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to lengthen the time for delivery of first-class mail from three days to five days. -
Jul 22, 2021, 10:37 AM
U.S. Postal Service continues to focus on package mail
The USPS says that package deliveries typically take two to nine days in the contiguous 48 states. -
Jul 20, 2021, 14:47 PM
PRC endorses U.S. Postal Service rate case
In a decision issued July 19, the commission endorsed the United States Postal Service’s higher prices on letters, advertising mail and publications.
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