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  • napex-postmark-50th-anniversary-president-nixon-resignation-watergate
    Jun 7, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Napex 2024 postmark illustrates Watergate break-in controversy

    by Molly Goad
    What initially seemed like a minor burglary evolved into a major incident involving widespread abuses of power by members of the Nixon administration.

  • baring-missouri-post-office-destroyed-tornado-rebuilding
    Jun 6, 2024, 08:30 AM

    Tempestuous tornado tears through post office in Baring, Mo., sparks a Mennonite rebuild

    by Allen Abel
    Baring is an agricultural community with a population of 125 located in Knox County in what the locals call NEMO, northeast Missouri.

  • usps-board-governors-daniel-tangherlini-yosemite-national-park
    May 31, 2024, 14:00 PM

    Reflections of a USPS board member at Ansel Adams event

    by Jay Bigalke
    Tangherlini has been a member of the USPS board since May 2022, and his term expires in December 2027.

  • philatelic-show-national-grilled-cheese-day-pictorial-postmark
    May 22, 2024, 13:45 PM

    Cheesy postmark celebrates National Grilled Cheese Day

    by Molly Goad
    The grilled cheese postmark has been extended for 30 days.

  • wiscopex-2024-qwerty-postmark
    May 16, 2024, 12:45 PM

    Wiscopex 2024 pays tribute to Wisconsin’s inventions with QWERTY postmark

    by Molly Goad
    Named after the first six letters on the keyboard’s top row, QWERTY quickly became the standard layout for typewriters and later for computer keyboards.

  • national-postal-museum-logo
    May 15, 2024, 10:30 AM

    National Postal Museum presents postal history awards

    by Linn’s Staff
    The National Postal Museum presents these awards every two years to recognize scholarship on the history of the American postal system.

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    May 13, 2024, 11:59 AM

    Illinois letter carrier saves a customer’s life after finding a suicide note in a mailbox

    by Allen Abel
    It turns out that letter carrier J.T. Wilkey and the person who left the notes in the mailbox had chatted nearly every day.

  • michael-kubayanda-chairman-postal-regulatory-commission
    May 9, 2024, 10:45 AM

    PRC chairman Kubayanda says USPS is in a ‘nosedive’

    by Allen Abel
    A significant deterioration in service performance is the primary source of complaints to the Postal Regulatory Commission from members of Congress and the general public, Kubayanda said.

  • united-states-department-of-justice-logo
    May 7, 2024, 08:30 AM

    California resident from China pleads guilty in largest postal counterfeiting operation in U.S. history

    by Allen Abel
    Law enforcement documents illuminated a massive trans-Pacific fraud and forgery scheme that duped the United States Postal Service into accepting, sorting, transporting and delivering more than 34 million parcels franked with duplicate, fake, worthless and previously used postage labels.

  • united-states-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy
    Apr 25, 2024, 14:00 PM

    PMG DeJoy grilled by U.S. senators over delivery delays

    by Allen Abel
    The senators gave Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “weeks, not months” to remediate delivery delays in Atlanta, Ga.; Richmond, Va.; Houston, Texas; and other major cities.

  • chester-illinois-popeye-eclipse-pictorial-postmark
    Apr 25, 2024, 11:45 AM

    Postmark listings shine with celestial, local charm

    by Molly Goad
    The Chester, Ill., postmark includes the beloved character Popeye among the trees as the eclipse unfolds above him.

  • trish-jackson-citizen
    Apr 19, 2024, 09:30 AM

    Jackson appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

    by Linn’s Staff
    Trish Jackson is currently a marketing campaign analyst for Cigna-Express Scripts.

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    Apr 12, 2024, 09:00 AM

    UPS to replace FedEx as primary air cargo provider for USPS

    by Allen Abel
    FedEx had been the principal air carrier for domestic first-class and parcel mail for more than 20 years.

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    Apr 9, 2024, 15:01 PM

    USPS plans 5¢ letter rate increase, other price hikes for July 14

    by Linn’s Staff
    The additional-ounce rate for first-class letters will jump 4¢, from 24¢ to 28¢.

  • buffalo-stamp-club-2024-solar-eclipse-pictorial-postmark
    Apr 8, 2024, 07:45 AM

    Buffalo Stamp Club commemorates 2024 solar eclipse

    by Molly Goad
    Almost seven years have elapsed since the last cross-country solar eclipse in the United States. This year’s spectacle was expected to surpass its predecessor in both scale and duration.

  • usps-letter-carrier-ryan-pierani
    Apr 3, 2024, 10:00 AM

    USPS letter carriers recall traumatizing attacks while doing their jobs

    by Allen Abel
    Members of both parties in the House of Representatives have come together to pledge their support for a proposed piece of legislation dubbed the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act.

  • united-states-postal-service-logo
    Apr 1, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Massive USPS mail disruptions descend on Atlanta

    by Allen Abel
    The Atlanta metropolitan area replaced beleaguered Houston as an epicenter of infuriating and unexplained mail disruptions in mid-March.

  • united-states-2024-betty-ford-stamp
    Mar 26, 2024, 10:45 AM

    Letters to first lady Betty Ford recall her decision to support the Equal Rights Amendment

    by Allen Abel
    Many of the messages were appreciative, some were censorious, and some still bubble with the feminist awakening of the times.

  • norpex-2024-first-continental-congress-pictorial-postmark
    Mar 23, 2024, 10:00 AM

    Historic Carpenters’ Hall on Norpex 2024 show cancel

    by Molly Goad
    A Norwalk, Conn., postmark displays Carpenters’ Hall, the historic building where the First Continental Congress took place 250 years ago in Philadelphia.

  • teacher-kathleen-anne-beres-1986-challenger-disaster
    Mar 19, 2024, 08:30 AM

    Meet the Maryland teacher who narrowly avoided the 1986 ‘Challenger’ disaster

    by Allen Abel
    A collector since childhood, teacher Kathleen Anne Beres once shared a dream of liftoff with millions of other members of her space-mad generation.

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