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 […]
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 […]