The corpulent and kindly figure of Santa Claus winks to us down through the generations, promising a sleigh ride to a wondrous snowscape of marshmallows and sugar plums.

Despite the bad financial news, the U.S. Postal Service remains the best-loved agency in the country, according to a Gallup poll conducted in mid-October.

The postmark comes from Aguadilla, a coastal municipality in Puerto Rico known for its beaches, cultural events and the Rafael Hernandez Airport.

According to the USPS, the new Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps to be issued in 2024 will be denominated $9.85 and $30.45, respectively.

The post offices in question are in the southeastern Wyoming towns of LaGrange and Lingle.

Ginsburg became the 14th member of the Supreme Court to appear on a U.S. postage stamp when her commemorative was issued Oct. 2.

An employee at the Fort Howard post office told Linn’s that a stand of 169 cluster box units has been installed in the local park 200 yards from the current building.

An Oct. 25 USPS press release noted a 50 percent reduction in counterfeit package postage in the postal network due to “increased controls and enforcement.”

The pictorial postmark was designed by retired United States postal inspector Dan Mihalko.

If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of mailing first-class letters, postcards and international letters will increase Jan. 21.

Lewis served more than 30 years in Congress and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2011.

The U.S. Postal Service processed more than 11.7 billion mailpieces and packages during the 2022 holiday season.

Kyle L. Mailman of Wichita, Kan., really is a mailman.

Hot air balloons soar onto a Princeton, Ill., pictorial postmark for the area’s annual Homestead Festival celebration that took place Sept. 8-10.

On March 6, 2023, Donald Proctor was toting his satchel down Garfield Street when he heard what sounded like gasps and someone being suffocated.

A number of people who worked at the Church Street Station post office on 9/11 are still there, processing and delivering the mail.

The Aug. 24 United States Postal Service Postal Bulletin included two Auburn, N.Y., postmarks honoring Vietnam veterans.

The closure means there will no longer be a postmark from Kennedy Space Center.

The postmarks were issued each day of the Great American Stamp Show Aug. 10-13 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The posted loss for the third quarter was $1.7 billion, compared to a reported profit in the spring of 2022 of $59.7 billion.