One side of the USPS military challenge-style coins feature an American flag design stamped with the words “Proud Veteran.” USPS News Link – 5/01/19 – USPS is once again honoring employees who are veterans of the armed forces and have five years of postal service with military-style challenge coins. Historically, challenge coins symbolize military unit […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the career of artist Ellsworth Kelly with the issuance of 10 stamps celebrating his talent as a painter and sculptor. With these stamps, the Postal Service showcases examples of his wide-ranging body of work. The first-day-of-issue event is free and open to the public. News of the stamp […]
USPS News Link – 4/23/19 – The Postal Service’s technological capabilities are showcased in “The Future Delivered,” the latest USPS TV commercial. Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan narrates the ad, which shows how the organization and its employees use Informed Delivery and other tools to serve customers. “Every day, visionaries are creating the future. So every […]
DALLAS, TX — 4/24/19 – The U.S. Postal Service today honored legendary tennis champion Maureen Connolly Brinker (1934–1969) at Southern Methodist University by issuing a Forever stamp graced with the nickname she was known for when she was the best in her sport: “Little Mo.” In the early 1950s, the 5-foot-4-inch dynamo dominated the tennis […]
USPS News Link – 4/24/19 – The Postal Service is rolling out a major computer system upgrade at mail processing plants across the United States. A single, centralized computer system will replace multiple legacy results servers at all international service centers, network distribution centers, processing and distribution centers, and several annexes. “The same hardware has […]
Bryan Colletti, a Connecticut Valley District safety specialist, watches Ian, a German shepherd that participated in a demonstration during the National Dog Bite Prevention Week kickoff press conference April 11 in Brooklyn, NY. USPS News Link – 4/12/19 – The number of Postal Service employees attacked by dogs fell to 5,714 last year — about […]
BROOKLYN, NY — The number of postal employees attacked by dogs nationwide fell to 5,714 in 2018 — more than 500 fewer than in 2017 and more than 1,000 fewer since 2016. Today, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) highlights technology that likely helps to reduce potential attacks while releasing its annual list of cities with […]
USPS – 4/8/19 – In response to a recent spill of metallic mercury in our Postal network, it is important that our employees and customers are aware of the mailing requirements related to the mailability of parcels containing mercury and the potential hazards of a mercury spill. Due to the nature of this material and […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will issue a commemorative Forever stamp honoring former President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30, 2018, at the age of 94. The 41st president guided the United States through the end of the Cold War and drove the creation of a multinational coalition that successfully […]
The Coral Reefs stamps feature colorful, highly stylized digital portraits of stony corals and reef fish. The Postal Service will release its Coral Reefs postcard stamps Friday, March 29. Coral reefs are one of the world’s most important ecosystems, sheltering and sustaining about a quarter of all ocean species. The reefs are formed over thousands of years […]