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Jul 12, 2018, 04:00 AMA look at the Lance Armstrong settlement
Washington, D.C., lawyer reveals details of the government’s $5 million settlement with former Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong. -
Jul 10, 2018, 04:00 AMBeverly Shores, Ind. depot museum offers anniversary postmark
A museum that almost never was is celebrating 20 years and has commissioned a July 13 postmark for the occasion. -
Jul 6, 2018, 09:15 AMAutomatic distribution for U.S. commemoratives planned: Inside Linn’s
Also, James E. Lee takes a look at a few items from the 1941 edition of Clarence Brazer’s Essays for U.S. Adhesive Postage Stamps that have yet to be included in the Scott Catalogue. -
Jul 6, 2018, 04:00 AMAmazon starts move away from U.S. Postal Service
Amazon, the giant Seattle-based retailer, appears to be moving many of its packages away from the United States Postal Service. -
Jul 3, 2018, 10:15 AMJudge orders USPS to pay nearly $3.6 million for Lady Liberty stamp image
A federal judge sides with Nevada sculptor Robert S. Davidson in the case involving Statue of Liberty artwork on a 2010 forever stamp. -
Jun 29, 2018, 05:00 AMDiscounted Chinese postage rates questioned: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, classic Santa Claus images will grace USPS Christmas stamps, and a stamp market tip involving a 2011 stamp that was never issued. -
Jun 21, 2018, 16:00 PMDiscounted Chinese postage rates questioned by Texas lawmaker
Two speakers at a June 15 postal seminar on Capitol Hill say China is getting postage rates in the United States that are far cheaper than Amazon’s. -
Jun 19, 2018, 11:00 AMPostmark remembers Marine who ‘gallantly gave his life for his country’
A postal facility was recently named after Robert H. Jenkins, a Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on April 20, 1970. -
Jun 8, 2018, 05:45 AMNew praise for Breast Cancer semipostal
Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp helped fund a major cancer study that may mean fewer women with breast cancer will have to undergo chemotherapy. -
Jun 8, 2018, 05:30 AMTrump continues to stir the pot with the USPS: Week’s Most Read
Also this week, the United States and Cuba resumed mail delivery with each other after a testing period concludes. -
Jun 8, 2018, 05:15 AMMarket landscape appears to be changing for personalized postage providers
Personalized postage is no longer available from the online retail platform Zazzle.com; it’s uncertain if this is a temporary or permanent change. -
Jun 4, 2018, 09:00 AMU.S. and Cuba resume regular mail service after test period ended
Direct mail service to Cuba had been blocked for more than 50 years, part of a United States embargo on the communist nation. -
Jun 4, 2018, 04:45 AMPresident Trump’s meetings with postmaster general stir further debate
The latest news from President Donald Trump’s war on Amazon’s discounted mail contract with USPS is bad news for Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan. -
May 29, 2018, 10:45 AMWilliam Burrus, former postal workers union head, has died
William Burrus, who rose from a postal clerk to become president of one of the largest federal worker unions, died May 19. He was 81. -
May 25, 2018, 07:10 AMRecent U.S. postmarks incorporate themes of summer, fundraising
The American Cancer Society has sponsored a special postmark for its June 2 Relay for Life in Rock Falls, Ill. -
May 20, 2018, 06:00 AMDate meets ZIP of Iowa town with remarkable high school baseball history
The cancel honors the town’s impressive high school baseball team, which played its last inning of baseball in 1991 when the school closed its doors. -
May 18, 2018, 04:00 AMFormer Postmaster General Paul N. Carlin, 1931-2018
Paul Nestor Carlin, a career postal service worker who became the 66th postmaster general of the United States died April 25. -
May 17, 2018, 06:00 AMEveryone is welcome at memorial event featured on Nitro, W.Va. postmark
This year’s event takes place May 16-25. The organization’s website encourages men and women from ages 8 to 80 participate. -
May 10, 2018, 06:00 AMFormer USPS board chairman provides suggestions to save the Postal Service
The comments are the latest indication of how troubled some of the Postal Service’s traditional allies are with the agency's continued downward trend. -
May 10, 2018, 04:45 AMPostal Service lays claim to U.S. airline foundations at stamp first day
The USPS used a stamp ceremony to remind the nation that its first mail pilots laid the foundations for commercial aviation in America.
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