USPS 11/22/17 – This holiday season the Postal Service looks forward to delivering a great deal of holiday cheer along with more than 15 billion mail pieces. Consumers trust the Postal Service to deliver secure and economical shipping options. The Postal Inspection Service, the federal law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, is working around-the-clock […]
WASHINGTON — Holiday mailing deadlines are fast approaching, and the United States Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 850 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day and more than 15 billion total pieces of mail this holiday season. Whether customers shop on Black Friday, Cyber Monday or both, they can relax knowing packages will […]
The changes include a 1-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 49 cents to 50 cents. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has approved the price changes that USPS proposed in October. The changes will raise Mailing Services product prices approximately 1.9 percent, while most Shipping Services products will average a 3.9 percent […]
To mark Veterans Day, USPS is distributing lapel pins to employees who served in the armed forces. The following message is from PMG Megan J. Brennan: USPS News Link – 11/08/17 – Veterans Day provides our nation with the opportunity to recognize brave patriots — courageous individuals including the veterans employed throughout our organization. They […]
OWEGO, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been selected by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide next generation package processing systems. The Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a maximum potential value of $215 million, will provide up to 10 Enhanced Package Processing Systems (EPPS) which are capable of automatically separating mail pieces, […]
WASHINGTON — The Temporary Emergency Committee of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (“TEC”) will meet November 14 in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th […]
WASHINGTON — 11/02/17 – The U.S. Postal Service previewed the image of the Alzheimer’s Semipostal fundraising stamp today It also announced the stamp will be dedicated at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 30 at Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center Atrium, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224. Available nationwide Nov. 30, the […]
October 27, 2017 “We are pleased that the Administration has announced its intent to nominate candidates for the United States Postal Service’s Board of Governors. The public interest and the Postal Service are best served by a fully constituted Board made up of well-qualified individuals with diverse perspectives and experience. We urge the Senate to confirm […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail this holiday season. In the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the Postal Service also expects to deliver 850 million packages, which is more than a 10 percent increase compared to the same period last year. “The Postal Service is […]
The Postal Service’s Jack-o’-Lanterns stamps, released last year, showcase four carved pumpkins. “The list” is here to get you in the Halloween spirit with frightful facts and scary stamp trivia. 1. USPS issued its first Halloween-themed stamps in 2016. The Jack-o’-Lanterns stamps — available on usps.com — feature four images of carved pumpkins, a symbol of Halloween in the United […]