{"id":6585,"date":"2013-09-14T09:34:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2013-09-14T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T14:34:33","slug":"usps-opens-store-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2013\/09\/14\/usps-opens-store-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Opens Store on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/USPS-eBay-Store.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6586\" alt=\"USPS-eBay-Store\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/USPS-eBay-Store.gif\" width=\"340\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a move to expand its reach to domestic and international customers, the Postal Service today announced that it has opened a Postal Store on eBay at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/stamps\" target=\"_blank\">ebay.com\/stamps<\/a>. In making the announcement, the Postal Service\u2019s Chief Marketing Officer also revealed that the Postal Service is auctioning rare stamp-related collectible philatelic products and items from the Postmaster General\u2019s Collection beginning today at 3 p.m. EDT at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/rpp\/collectibles\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis powerful alliance with eBay allows the Postal Service to showcase our unique collection of stamp artwork on one of the world\u2019s largest online marketplaces,\u201d said U.S. Postal Service Chief Marketing and Sales Officer and Executive Vice President Nagisa Manabe. \u201cAs the premier collectible marketplace, eBay is a natural fit to launch one of the world\u2019s largest online Postal Stores. International stamp collectors will now have a new convenient way to purchase U.S. stamps and philatelic products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The current auction, launching today, has more than 100 philatelic items, and expires at 3 p.m. EDT, Mon., Sept. 23. No stamps from the collection are being auctioned. More philatelic items from the Postmaster General\u2019s collection will be available at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Postmaster General\u2019s collection is a stamp collector\u2019s dream that includes rare postal artifacts found nowhere else in the world,\u201d added Manabe. \u201cBy limiting our auctions to duplicate philatelic items, we continue to preserve the integrity of the Postmaster General\u2019s Collection. Whether a serious or recreational stamp collector, this online experience will be exciting and will open the doors of the wonderful world of stamp collecting to a whole new generation of eBay customers who shop everyday online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2013\/pr13_070.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to expand its reach to domestic and international customers, the Postal Service today announced that it has opened a Postal Store on eBay at ebay.com\/stamps. In making the announcement, the Postal Service\u2019s Chief Marketing Officer also revealed that the Postal Service is auctioning rare stamp-related collectible philatelic products and items from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6588,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585\/revisions\/6588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}