POSTAL UPDATES
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May 26, 2017, 06:15 AM
Trump 2018 budget takes aim at USPS, Are gimmicky stamps good?: Week’s Most Read
by Colin SalleeAlso this week, Linn's managing editor Chad Snee highlights some treasured covers in his Dollar-Sign Stamps column. -
May 24, 2017, 09:15 AM
President Trump’s 2018 budget resurrects unpopular USPS cost-cutting initiatives
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentPresident Donald J. Trump has entered the debate over the future of the United States Postal Service, endorsing some unpopular cost-cutting ideas. -
May 19, 2017, 09:00 AM
USPS PMG makes appeal to Trump, hunt for taxpaid revenue stamps: Week’s Most Read
by Colin SalleeAlso this week, we continued our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Great Britain's famous Machin definitive series. -
May 17, 2017, 15:00 PM
May 20 postmark from Chester, Mass., commemorates railway mail service
by Michael BaadkeBefore mail trucks, there were mail trains. This postmark commemorates the Chester Railway Mail service in Massachusetts. -
May 15, 2017, 06:30 AM
USPS wants board of governors back in business
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentPostmaster General Megan J. Brennan recently made an open appeal to President Trump to nominate people to serve on the Postal Service's board of governors. -
May 11, 2017, 08:30 AM
USPS revenues decline during first half of 2017; package mail income up 11 percent
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThus far in 2017, United States Postal Service revenues total $36.5 billion, a decline from $37.1 billion in the first half of fiscal 2016. -
May 7, 2017, 04:00 AM
Alaska Purchase sesquicentennial commemorated on Anchorage postmark
by Michael BaadkeA commemorative postmark for the Alaska Purchase was put into use in Anchorage, Alaska, this year on March 30. -
May 1, 2017, 13:00 PM
10th anniversary of forever stamp prompts significant USPS accounting adjustments
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentA pretty significant stamp milestone passed last month with little notice. It was the 10th anniversary of the first United States forever stamp. -
Apr 23, 2017, 13:00 PM
USPS offers pictorial postmark commemorating U.S. entry into World War I
by Michael BaadkeThe United States entered World War I when Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. This postmark honors that event. -
Apr 15, 2017, 10:00 AM
Congress’ ugly history with the USPS, along with a memorable caption contest: Week’s Most Read
by Colin SalleeWe also highlight a well-received cartoon caption contest, and the new surge in modern U.S. stamps within the marketplace. -
Apr 10, 2017, 06:15 AM
Congress’ habit of raiding USPS coffers goes back almost 30 years
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe ongoing financial woes of the USPS can be traced to congressional raids going back almost three decades. Here are three examples. -
Apr 9, 2017, 10:00 AM
St. Louis Expo postmark commemorates ragtime musician Scott Joplin
by Michael BaadkeThe ragtime legend Scott Joplin is honored on the latest postmark from the St. Louis Stamp Expo. -
Mar 27, 2017, 05:00 AM
Garfield-Perry unofficial first-day cancel for new 10¢ Red Pears stamp
by Michael BaadkeA new variety of the 10¢ Red Pears definitive stamp was issued March 23 with a first-day ceremony at the March Party stamp show in Cleveland, Ohio. -
Mar 24, 2017, 10:30 AM
U.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe price cap has proven not to be enough to keep the nation’s mail system from running huge deficits, the USPS said in a March 20 filing with the PRC. -
Mar 21, 2017, 13:00 PM
Stamp show cancel from Arcadia, Ohio, commemorates Amelia Earhart
by Michael BaadkeEarhart was honored by the United States Post Office Department in 1963 on an 8¢ airmail stamp, which was issued on her birthday. -
Mar 9, 2017, 05:00 AM
‘Informed Delivery’ lets USPS customers see their mail ahead of delivery
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentPostmaster General Megan J. Brennan says this new test program, which should be nationwide later this year, “puts the power of mail onto digital channels.” -
Mar 3, 2017, 03:45 AM
USPS official investigated; more counterfeits surface: Week’s Most Read
by Joe O’DonnellAlso this week, more counterfeit U.S. stamps surfaced, and we remembered former postmaster general Benjamin Franklin Bailar. -
Mar 2, 2017, 07:00 AM
USPS inspector general report details possible giveaways, selling of discontinued stamp products by former Stamp Fulfillment manager
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe way U.S. postal inspectors are telling it, Khalid M. Hussain, the longtime manager of the SFS center, ran a rogue operation for years. -
Feb 24, 2017, 07:00 AM
Former PMG Benjamin Bailar, in 1976 speech, predicted troubles ahead for USPS
by Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentBailar laid out his vision for the Postal Service’s future in a March 8, 1976, speech to the Economic Club of Detroit. -
Feb 23, 2017, 16:00 PM
Australia Post boss resigns weeks after his $4.4 million salary was revealed
by Joe O'Donnell"He said his departure has nothing to do with outrage over his salary, but rather because he has finished the job he set out to do."
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