Postal Updates
The Jenny Invert distribution saga continues: Week’s Most Read

By Colin Sallee
It’s time to catch up on the week that was in stamp-collecting insights and news.
Linn’s Stamp News is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week.
Click the links to read the stories.
5. Life as contemplated via postage stamps: Patton struggled with thoughts of suicide, but it was the stamp that pulled her away from those thoughts.
4. Postal Service blames revenue shortfall on declining letter volume: The USPS said its controllable loss for the year was $814 million compared to $610 million in fiscal 2016.
3. Four postal forms to be phased out starting in January: Some post offices have already implemented the changes, and others still have some of the forms readily available in some lobbies.
2. Back-of-the-book issues are always suitable for any collection: This stamp is a good buy in all grades very fine or better at the Scott catalog values.
1. New details revealed about upright Jenny Invert distribution: When the inspector general staff came to Kansas City, they conducted an inventory of the upright Jenny Invert panes and found 22 were still at the facility.
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