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    Sep 23, 2021, 10:50 AM

    St. 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Sep 14, 2021, 14:00 PM

    Show-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.

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    Sep 8, 2021, 16:05 PM

    Electric 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.

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    Sep 7, 2021, 10:10 AM

    National 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.

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    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.

  • oklahoma-city-clara-luper-postmark
    Aug 31, 2021, 16:00 PM

    Educator 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.

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    Aug 18, 2021, 09:58 AM

    Ethics 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.

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    Aug 16, 2021, 13:00 PM

    Better 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.

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    Aug 16, 2021, 08:00 AM

    USPS 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.

  • pittsburgh-apollo-15-50th-anniversary-james-irwin-pictorial-postmark
    Aug 10, 2021, 09:30 AM

    Postmark 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.

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    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.

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    Jul 23, 2021, 10:30 AM

    Commission 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.

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    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.

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    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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    Jul 18, 2021, 14:30 PM

    Community perseverance reflected on postmark

    This year’s pictorial postmark for Danish Viking Days, a celebration of the Danish roots of Viborg, S.D., is a shout-out to local businesses.

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    Jul 15, 2021, 16:06 PM

    The end of USPS stamped envelopes for Priority Mail

    The U.S. Postal Service is discontinuing production of its flat-rate prepaid Priority Mail envelope franked with an imprinted postage stamp.

  • rafael-lopez-del-campo-san-juan-puerto-rico-postmark
    Jul 14, 2021, 09:30 AM

    Puerto Rican sculptor recognized on June 24 pictorial postmark

    A San Juan, Puerto Rico, postmark commemorates 85 years since the birth of sculptor and printmaker Rafael Lopez del Campo.

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    Jul 7, 2021, 10:31 AM

    Common Cause renews complaint against PMG DeJoy

    DeJoy, who headed New Breed Logistics from 2003 to 2014, was well known in North Carolina as a major Republican Party financier before he became postmaster general.

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