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Sep 17, 2017, 13:00 PMA 17th-century Massachusetts windmill gets a postmark
Each year on the weekend after Labor Day, the Eastham Windmill Weekend offers a parade, craft show, road race, vehicle show, cookouts, and much more. -
Sep 15, 2017, 05:00 AMSurprising finds in USPS report, Legends of Hollywood series in jeopardy: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, readers were introduced to an expansive new collection of essays discussing philatelic forgeries. -
Sep 11, 2017, 11:45 AMSurprising conclusion of new USPS inspector general report: ‘billions served’ at nation’s post offices
The new report says there are far more people visiting the nation’s 30,000 post offices than the Postal Service’s official estimates indicate. -
Sep 8, 2017, 06:00 AMHarvey wreaks havoc, understand stamp collecting language: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, we offered insights on how to become more familiar with stamp collecting terms and phrases. -
Sep 7, 2017, 15:00 PMAvalon, California, on Santa Catalina Island offers three pictorial postmarks
The three designs each have a double-ring circular datestamp at right and an illustration at left. -
Aug 31, 2017, 11:10 AMHarvey storms through Texas postal system
Mail service and retail operations were disrupted in the East Texas region devastated by Hurricane Harvey in late August. -
Aug 29, 2017, 11:30 AMU.S. Postal Service contemplates 50¢ stamp
“Postal officials didn’t spell out what any of the new rates would be,” Dead Tree Edition, a website that covers postal issues, reported Aug. 26. -
Aug 27, 2017, 04:00 AMPostmarks extend excitement of Aug. 21 total solar eclipse
The explosion of solar eclipse postmarks that began with last week’s listing continues this week. -
Aug 19, 2017, 06:00 AMUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services no longer accepting foreign credit card payments
A collector in the United Kingdom was surprised to learn that Stamp Fulfillment Services would no longer accept payment using his credit card. -
Aug 17, 2017, 13:00 PMCoast-to-coast eclipse postmarks include ‘landfall’ marking in Oregon
The total solar eclipse sweeping across the United States Aug. 21 is the theme for numerous pictorial cancels in this week’s listings. -
Aug 14, 2017, 05:45 AMContinuing decline in first-class mail volume highlights ‘strong headwinds’ facing USPS
There are some numbers in the U.S. Postal Service’s latest financial report that seriously worry top postal officials. -
Aug 4, 2017, 05:00 AMUSPS addresses filthy facilities, UN continues World Heritage series: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, additional information came to light about an elusive 1904 cover sent from Alaska to Indiana that lost its stamp. -
Aug 1, 2017, 04:45 AMUSPS ‘postage reselling’ program scrutinized
An investigative firm in Washington, D.C., has called into question some of the price discounting behind the Postal Service’s ‘postage reselling’ program. -
Jul 31, 2017, 05:00 AMRochester postmark for baseball fan and stamp honoree Robert Panara
The Rochester Red Wings baseball team paid tribute July 23 to Robert Panara, the grandfather of deaf studies, who worked in Rochester, N.Y. -
Jul 30, 2017, 04:00 AMPost offices need ‘upkeep and repair,’ says USPS inspector general
The inspector general blamed some of the problem on landlords “failing to perform requested repairs.” -
Jul 23, 2017, 15:00 PMPost office counter display magnet shows preliminary design for Hot Rods stamp
The stamps show one Ford “Deuce” in black with orange-red and yellow flames on the sides of the hot rod and the other “Deuce” in red. -
Jul 22, 2017, 15:00 PMEclipse postmarks will be visible long after the total solar eclipse has passed
The total solar eclipse will be visible within a relatively narrow band roughly 70 miles wide that will cross the nation. -
Jul 20, 2017, 04:30 AMUSPS letter carriers violated federal law while working for Clinton presidential campaign
The United States Postal Service allowed 97 letter carriers to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year, in violation of the Hatch Act. -
Jul 14, 2017, 09:00 AMThoreau Farm postmark celebrates author’s July 12 birth bicentenary
The Thoreau Society, in association with Thoreau Farm, sponsored a July 12 pictorial postmark from the author’s birthplace, Concord, Mass. -
Jul 13, 2017, 10:30 AMUSPS to raise rates on pair of international mail services
The International Mailers’ Advisory Group said July 12 that increases are planned for international priority airmail and international surface air lift.
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