POSTAL UPDATES
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Jul 13, 2016, 13:00 PM
MLB All-Star Game has a San Diego postmark you can request: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeCollectors who couldn’t be on hand to catch a ball hit in the Home Run Derby will still be able to obtain a souvenir from the festivities. -
Jul 12, 2016, 11:55 AM
House committee approves postal reform, rejects presidential appointments
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentOn July 12, a House committee approved a bill that would boost stamp prices and require USPS retirees to depend on Medicare for most medical expenses. -
Jul 12, 2016, 06:34 AM
Labor agreement puts brakes on Village Post Offices
by By Steven J. BahnsenA recent labor agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union has halted new Village Post Offices. -
Jul 9, 2016, 09:00 AM
Astronomer who discovered Pluto honored with hometown postmark: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeThe postmark comes shortly after the USPS issued two forever stamps in honor of the successful New Horizons mission to Pluto. -
Jul 8, 2016, 05:29 AM
House rejects effort to change USPS mail delivery standards
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThanks to a maneuver by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the full House on July 6 rejected the committee’s effort to require the United States Postal Service to return to the delivery standards it used prior to 2012. -
Jun 28, 2016, 11:29 AM
In wake of controversy, USPS mum on Stamp Fulfillment Services operations
by By Bill McAllisterAn inspector general report earlier this month revealed an unauthorized 35 percent discount that officials from the Kansas City facility promised Royal Mail. -
Jun 24, 2016, 07:00 AM
Like upcoming USPS stamps, Nashville postmark celebrates soda fountain treats: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeThe Nashville postmark comes as the USPS is celebrating cold sweet dessert treats with five Soda Fountain Favorites stamps issued June 30. -
Jun 24, 2016, 05:23 AM
Postmaster-as-appointee considered, Audrey Hepburn stamp appears: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminAlso this week, we profiled the bizarre stamps of King Farouk's Egypt, and reported on a possible infraction by the USPS. -
Jun 21, 2016, 10:59 AM
Inspector General report accuses USPS of selling stamps to Royal Mail below face value
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe Stamp Fulfillment Services office agreed to sell Royal Mail thousands of United States Harry Potter stamps at a 35 percent discount in violation of a United States Postal Service law prohibiting the sale of U.S. stamps to anyone at less than face value. -
Jun 16, 2016, 13:48 PM
New book ‘Neither Snow Nor Rain’ traces history of U.S. Postal Service
by By Bill McAllisterDevin Leonard captures the glories — and the follies — of this venerable, troubled institution as no recent author has. -
Jun 16, 2016, 11:25 AM
House bill would make postmaster general a presidential appointee
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe House bill would let the president name the two top postal officers to four-year terms, subject to Senate confirmation. -
Jun 14, 2016, 12:09 PM
Trailblazing postmark from National Postal Museum honors national parks: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeA postmark from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., celebrates the opening of a new exhibit. -
Jun 8, 2016, 08:47 AM
Michigan air show postmark June 18-19 features mail, aviation: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeWings Over Northern Michigan is an annual air show that takes place each year over Father’s Day weekend. -
May 27, 2016, 11:12 AM
Stamp show postmark celebrates International Space Station anniversary
by By Michael BaadkeA postmark commemorating the 15th anniversary of the International Space Station is being offered by the post office in Huntsville, Ala., home of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. -
May 27, 2016, 02:00 AM
New Inverted Jenny website released, Farley Post Office profiled: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminAlso this week, readers liked our feature about New York's place on new stamps around of the world with WSS-NY coming up. -
May 26, 2016, 11:01 AM
New self-stick Classics Forever stamps will have soakable adhesive
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe U.S. Postal Service announced May 26 that its planned souvenir sheet of six U.S. Classics Forever stamps will have pressure-sensitive adhesive that is “water soluble.” -
May 26, 2016, 06:31 AM
NPM exhibit salutes National Park Service centennial
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe park service was planning its centennial for 2016, and it wanted the museums to help mark the occasion with exhibits that would tell of its remarkable story. -
May 25, 2016, 09:56 AM
April financial results better than U.S. Postal Service predicted
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentSome mailers are saying that the end of temporary surcharge on stamp prices appears to have helped the United States Postal Service’s bottom line. -
May 25, 2016, 07:40 AM
New book chronicles ‘How The Post Office Created America’
by By Charles Snee“The history of the post office is nothing less than the story of America,” begins Winifred Gallagher in the introduction to her entertaining new book, How The Post Office Created America: A History. -
May 23, 2016, 10:45 AM
Sixteen postmarks for 16 National Parks stamps at World Stamp Show: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeA new commemorative stamp set honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service will be issued June 2 at the stamp show.
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