POSTAL UPDATES
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Jun 8, 2016, 08:47 AM
Michigan air show postmark June 18-19 features mail, aviation: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeWings Over Northern Michigan is an annual air show that takes place each year over Father’s Day weekend. -
May 27, 2016, 11:12 AM
Stamp show postmark celebrates International Space Station anniversary
by By Michael BaadkeA postmark commemorating the 15th anniversary of the International Space Station is being offered by the post office in Huntsville, Ala., home of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. -
May 27, 2016, 02:00 AM
New Inverted Jenny website released, Farley Post Office profiled: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminAlso this week, readers liked our feature about New York's place on new stamps around of the world with WSS-NY coming up. -
May 26, 2016, 11:01 AM
New self-stick Classics Forever stamps will have soakable adhesive
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe U.S. Postal Service announced May 26 that its planned souvenir sheet of six U.S. Classics Forever stamps will have pressure-sensitive adhesive that is “water soluble.” -
May 26, 2016, 06:31 AM
NPM exhibit salutes National Park Service centennial
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe park service was planning its centennial for 2016, and it wanted the museums to help mark the occasion with exhibits that would tell of its remarkable story. -
May 25, 2016, 09:56 AM
April financial results better than U.S. Postal Service predicted
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentSome mailers are saying that the end of temporary surcharge on stamp prices appears to have helped the United States Postal Service’s bottom line. -
May 25, 2016, 07:40 AM
New book chronicles ‘How The Post Office Created America’
by By Charles Snee“The history of the post office is nothing less than the story of America,” begins Winifred Gallagher in the introduction to her entertaining new book, How The Post Office Created America: A History. -
May 23, 2016, 10:45 AM
Sixteen postmarks for 16 National Parks stamps at World Stamp Show: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeA new commemorative stamp set honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service will be issued June 2 at the stamp show. -
May 19, 2016, 03:58 AM
Members of Congress urge USPS to issue stamp for Japanese Americans who served during World War II
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentThe petition pointed out that while thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on the Pacific Coast, more than 30,000 volunteered to serve in the military. -
May 16, 2016, 05:00 AM
Ropex stamp show postmarks recall 1934 National Parks commemoratives: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeThe National Park Service is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, and the Ropex show will celebrate with several postmarks. -
May 13, 2016, 06:35 AM
Congress focuses on USPS financial woes, former owner of 1¢ Magenta dies: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminReaders were also interested in Canada Post's Star Trek 50th anniversary set and a breakdown of the 1875 1¢ Franklin carrier reprint. -
May 11, 2016, 12:06 PM
Congress set to address financial plight of U.S. Postal Service
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentPostmaster General Megan J. Brennan, not one to make rash promises, acknowledged May 10 that she was “cautiously optimistic” that lawmakers might finally address her agency’s financial woes. -
May 10, 2016, 05:35 AM
U.S. Postal Service reports second quarter ‘controllable’ income of $576 million
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentFor the first half of fiscal 2016, the USPS said its operating income rose to $1.8 billion, up from $1.4 billion in fiscal 2015. -
May 5, 2016, 08:04 AM
Stamp show postmark commemorates California native, author Jack London: Postmark Pursuit
by By Michael BaadkeA new pictorial postmark commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of U.S. author Jack London. -
May 3, 2016, 13:35 PM
Threatening cat causing concern for Royal Mail postman: Linn’s Buzz
by By Colin SalleeThe Royal Mail has sent a letter to a Bristol, UK, resident labeling the home's cat as a "threat" in wake of recent issues with a postman. -
Apr 29, 2016, 04:32 AM
Postmaster Brennan’s tough first year, story behind recovered Jenny Invert: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminAlso this week, Mary-Anne Penner was appointed to be the USPS director of stamp services, and a new Star Trek stamp was released. -
Apr 23, 2016, 04:52 AM
Mary-Anne Penner permanently appointed as USPS director of stamp services
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentA year after she was placed in charge of the United States Postal Service’s stamp program, Mary-Anne Penner is no longer the acting director of stamp services. -
Apr 22, 2016, 06:23 AM
Gyrocopter pilot who landed at U.S. Capitol sentenced to four months in prison
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentA former United States Postal Service letter carrier from Florida was sentenced April 21 to four months in prison for flying his tiny gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol grounds in what a federal judge branded an act of “self-aggrandizement.” -
Apr 22, 2016, 04:47 AM
A tough first year for Postmaster General Megan Brennan
by By Bill McAllister, Washington CorrespondentIt’s been a rough start for the nation’s 74th postmaster general. Since taking office in February 2015, Megan J. Brennan has endured setback after setback in her attempts to right the troubled United States Postal Service. -
Apr 15, 2016, 05:04 AM
USPS ripped in new report, Star Trek stamps issued: Week’s Most Read
by CMS AdminAlso this week, Lewis Carroll’s stamp case is on display at the British Library, and the fifth U.S. National Parks stamp honors the Carlsbad Caverns.
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