Holiday Safety is Important for You and the Postal Service Prevent Slips, Trips, and Falls for the Holidays USPS Carrier, Manprit Singh, photo by USPS employee Tom Ouellette WASHINGTON — Safety should be a year-round concern. But with all the hustle and bustle to get ready for the holidays, it’s possible that safety isn’t the first […]
The following message from Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan was distributed to USPS employees Oct. 16, following her retirement announcement: USPS News Link – 10/17/19 – Today I am announcing my retirement from the U.S. Postal Service, effective Jan. 31, 2020. When I was appointed Postmaster General, I made a commitment to the Board of Governors […]
MILFORD, NH — The U.S. Postal Service today dedicated four stamps celebrating colorful, creepy and chilling Spooky Silhouettes during an event at the Milford Pumpkin Festival in Milford, NH. The Spooky Silhouettes stamps feature digital illustrations with Halloween motifs rendered as black silhouettes in eerily backlit windows. The images include a cat with an arched […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service ushers in the holiday season with four new stamps in a booklet of 20 featuring festive wreaths. Displayed on a door, in a window, or over a mantel, wreaths are symbols of joy and celebration, inviting the spirit of the season to enter the home The first-day-of-issue event for the […]
Ninety percent of respondents in a Pew Research Center survey released this week have a favorable view of the Postal Service. USPS News Link – 10/03/19 More Americans have a favorable opinion of the Postal Service than any other government agency, a new survey has found. The Pew Research Center conducted the poll from Sept. […]
The Postal Service workforce includes more than 100,000 veterans. USPS News Link – 10/02/19 – The Postal Service has been recognized again as one of the nation’s top employers of veterans. Viqtory, a media and marketing company that produces magazines and websites for veterans and service members, included USPS in its 2020 Military Friendly Awards. […]
Under an international agreement reached Sept. 25, USPS and other countries can declare their own rates for delivering international small packets. The Universal Postal Union’s member nations agreed Sept. 25 to improve its payment system for the international exchange of Letter Post Packets. The international organization, also known as the UPU, has established a system […]
USPS customers can order a cremated remains mailing kit that contains a sturdy box preprinted with Label 139 on all sides, bubble cushioning and other materials. USPS News Link – 9/23/19 – The Postal Service is improving the process for customers who ship cremated remains through the mail. The changes aim to make it easier […]
WASHINGTION — The U.S. Postal Service announced today that this year’s contemporary holiday stamps will highlight wreaths to welcome the season. The Holiday Wreaths Forever stamps will be issued later this fall, providing plenty of time for mailing greeting cards. Details will be announced soon. These stamps will be among several holiday-themed stamps that will […]
Darrel Blaine Ford, a Walt Whitman impersonator, recites one of his poems at the Sept. 12 stamp dedication ceremony. USPS News Link – 9/13/19 – Walt Whitman’s towering achievement as a trailblazer of modern American poetry was celebrated during the Sept. 12 dedication ceremony for the Literary Arts stamp honoring the 19th-century writer. “He’s considered […]