A Marine Corps image highlights Pfc. Harold Schultz, second from left, in the Feb. 23, 1945, flag-raising on Iwo Jima. USPS News Link – The Marine Corps has identified Harold Schultz, a longtime Postal Service employee who died in 1995, as one of the six men in the iconic World War II photograph of the […]
Green Energy Initiative Will Cut Costs, Help Environment WASHINGTON — 6/23/16 – The U.S. Postal Service today announced that it will expand its use of alternative energy when solar panels are installed on the roof of a mail processing center in Los Angeles, CA, making the Postal Service facility the largest building generating electricity through solar […]
Dedication Ceremony Launches Star Trek: Mission New York June 22, 2016 WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 years to the day of its original airing, the U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the iconic 1960s television show Star Trek by dedicating the Star Trek Forever stamps in New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The first-day-of-issue ceremony will take place at noon […]
On July 15, 2016, in Syracuse, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Pickup Trucks First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 47 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 680900). These stamps will go on sale nationwide July 15, 2016. In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service […]
Employees can find more information about the USPS Health Benefits Plan on the LiteBlue site. USPS News Link – 6/8/16 – Now through June 30, the Postal Service is offering some non-career employees the opportunity to enroll in the USPS Health Benefits Plan. Employees who have become eligible for the plan since last year’s open […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A stunning photograph taken at sunset over cornfields in Milford, IN, by a young photographer raised there was selected as the Forever stamp to celebrate Indiana’s 200th statehood anniversary. Indiana became the 19th state of the Union Dec., 11, 1816. Celebration festivities will take place throughout the year. The Indiana Statehood Forever Stamp was issued […]
NEW YORK CITY — A new booklet of Forever stamps entitled Colorful Celebrations was dedicated today at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The international stamp show will conclude tomorrow. The United States plays host to a sanctioned international stamp show only once every 10 years, with the next […]
NEW YORK CITY – June 01, 2016 – Engraved stamps are much-beloved by stamp collectors, or philatelists as they sometimes are known. So it’s only fitting that the U.S. Postal Service today dedicated a souvenir sheet featuring new engravings of classic 19th-century stamps at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016. The stamps also feature a water soluble […]
NEW YORK CITY — On Monday, May 30, the national day of remembrance for those who died while serving their nation, the U.S. Postal Service honored military service members who have been awarded one of the four Service Cross Medals — the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, which includes the Marine Corps, the Air […]
NEW YORK CITY — The U.S. Postal Service will announce several new and innovative stamp products during the World Stamp Show-NY 2016, which begins Saturday, May 28 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The new products include The World Stamp Show Souvenir Portfolio, a book with a number of impressive digital and tactile […]