WASHINGTON — 10/10/17 – The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but many people miss loved ones who are stationed overseas as military or diplomatic members. While the holidays are a hard time to be away from home, the U.S. Postal Service makes it a priority that those serving their country […]
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post previewed The History of Hockey stamps that will be dedicated Oct. 20 and available nationwide that day. Postmaster General and CEO Megan Brennan will be joined by Canada Post President and CEO Deepak Chopra for the 11 a.m. ET ceremony at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena Belfor Training Center. The event is […]
BROOKLYN, NY — Tomorrow, the U.S. Postal Service showcases the work of Ezra Jack Keats’ most beloved story, The Snowy Day, on Forever stamps. Written and illustrated by the celebrated children’s author, it was one of the first prominent 20th-century picture books devoted to an African-American child. Free and open to the public, the 10:30 a.m. ceremony […]
Oct. 2, 2017, 5 p.m. ET Puerto Rico All incoming mail is available to Puerto Rico. Customers are receiving mail via pick up at Post Offices throughout the island or by limited delivery service by carriers. The following shows where customers can pick up mail or where delivery has resumed. Puerto Rico Customers normally served […]
WASHINGTON — 10/02/17 – The Semipostal Authorization Act, Pub. L. 106–253, grants the U.S. Postal Service discretionary authority to issue and sell semipostal stamps to advance such causes as it considers to be ‘‘in the national public interest and appropriate.’’ The U.S. Postal Service announced today that in November it will issue the first of […]
USPS and Canada Post announced the new History of Hockey stamps Sept. 28. The Postal Service stamp images will be unveiled later. WASHINGTON — 9/28/17 – Attention sports fans — the U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post have jointly created stamps to celebrate the history of ice hockey, the fast-paced sport played on frozen ponds and […]
WHAT: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Celebrating African American History and Culture Forever stamp. This stamp will be on sale at the ceremony and available nationwide on Friday, Oct. 13. WHO: Ronald A. Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Government Relations Officer, U.S. Postal Service Lonnie Bunch, Founding Director, National Museum of African American History […]
USPS 9/19/17 – Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this morning with sustained winds of 155 mph. The storm brought dangerous winds and torrential rains that are causing flash flooding. Jose has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but is expected to produce coastal flooding, high surf, tropical storm-force winds […]
Garland Gralow pushes his balloon-festooned mail cart on his final day as a letter carrier in Melrose Park, IL. Big goodbye. Garland Gralow, the Melrose Park, IL, letter carrier who recently retired after 60 years on the same route, received a grand sendoff from his co-workers. The cart that Gralow used to carry mail was festooned with balloons, […]
Employees who have questions about active shooter guidelines can contact the Postal Inspection Service. To help mark National Preparedness Month, the Postal Service is reminding employees what to do in an “active shooter” situation. USPS is not aware of any specific threats against the organization. An active shooter is anyone who kills or attempts to kill […]