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 […]
USPS – 9/11/17 Tropical Storm Irma South Carolina Due to impacts from Hurricane Irma, operations have been temporarily suspended at the following offices: Hilton Head Island, 10 Bow Circle, 29928. Hilton Head Fairfield, 213 William Hilton Pkwy., 29926. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the following offices: Beaufort, 50 Charles St., 29902. […]
USPS – September 08, 2017 Under our current business model we cannot generate enough revenue to pay all of our legally required bills because most of our costs are dictated by law, and we have very limited legal authority to fund those costs by raising prices or by introducing new products. In addition, our financial […]
What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for Christmas Carols Forever stamps. Please share the news using the hashtag #HolidayStamps. Who: U.S. Postal Service Brand Marketing Executive Director Christopher Karpenko American Philatelic Society American Philatelist Editor Jay Bigalke U.S. Postal Service Stamp Services Director Mary-Anne Penner When: Thurs., Oct. 5 @ noon Where: American Stamp Dealers Assn. Fall Stamp […]
Houston, TX — The Postal Service continues to restore service to our customers. As an integral part of the communities we serve, the Postal Service is continuing recovery efforts every day, so we can reconnect people with their mail. All of our major processing infrastructure is up and running and the mail is moving. Most of […]
NOTRE DAME – 9/1/17 – The U.S. Postal Service today issued a new Forever stamp honoring Father Theodore M. Hesburgh during a dedication ceremony on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, where he served as president for 35 years. The stamp art features an oil-on-panel painting of Father Hesburgh standing on the campus […]
San Antonio, TX – USPS – 8/31/17 – Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the Texas Gulf Coast resulted in the temporary suspension of mail delivery service, as well as the closure of some postal facilities in the Postal Service’s Rio Grande District. We realize our customers depend on the mail every day and we are working hard […]