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 […]
What: The Postal Service issues four Forever stamps in time for Halloween. 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 back beneath a raven perched on a bare tree branch, all against a yellowish-green background; two ghosts […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the Purple Heart Medal Forever stamp will be dedicated at INDYPEX sponsored by the Indiana Stamp Club in Noblesville, IN, and go on sale nationwide Oct. 4. The stamp dedication ceremony will be held at INDYPEX, Hamilton County Fairgrounds and Exhibition Center, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville, IN, […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today salutes the dinosaur that dominated the tail end of the dinosaur age with new Forever stamps depicting the awe-inspiring Tyrannosaurus rex in growth stages from infancy to adulthood. The stamps were dedicated at a ceremony held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. “With the dedication of […]
What: With the release of the Winter Berries Forever stamps, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates four of winter’s small yet vibrant offerings: the winterberry (Ilex verticillata), the juniper berry (Juniperus communis), the beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), and the soapberry (Sapindus saponaria). News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #WinterBerriesStamps. Who: Steven R. Phelps, Acting Vice President of Pricing […]
The Life Changes LiteBlue page allows employees to provide USPS with updated contact information. USPS News Link – 8/21/19 – The Postal Service is reminding you about an easy, new method to provide the organization with your current contact information. USPS requires you to keep your mailing address and other information up to date so […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of “the Father of American poetry,” Walt Whitman, by honoring the poet with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series. News about the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #WaltWhitmanStamps. Who: Thomas J. Marshall, U.S. Postal Service General Counsel and Executive Vice […]
Customers must show an acceptable form of identification to pick up various types of mail and apply for other services. USPS News Link – 8/8/19 – The Postal Service recently updated the list of acceptable forms of identification that customers must show for picking up various types of mail and applying for other services. The […]
Postal Inspector Kyle Rau works with a Postal Inspection Service group that plays a key role in the fight against opioids. USPS News Link – 8/7/19 – On the day after Christmas in 2017, Wyatt Cox died after overdosing on the drug fentanyl. The loss devastated the 25-year-old Florida man’s family. Investigators soon discovered Cox […]