Ozone Park, NY Letter Carrier George Change is ready to make winter deliveries It’s the time of the year when most Americans start paying a bit more attention to the weather to hear if Mother Nature is about …
Contenido en español, Delivery, Tips & Tricks
Empáquelo bien – Consejos para enviar paquetes al Caribe SSA Enid Cordero de la oficina de correos en Marlborough, MA Los familiares y amigos de las víctimas de los huracanes Irma y María dependían principalmente del U.S. Postal Service® para enviar …
Wrap it Right: Packaging Tips for Sending Items to the Caribbean SSA Enid Cordero of Marlborough, MA Post Office Families and friends of victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria heavily relied upon the U.S. Postal Service® to ship items to …
New York Letter Carriers Carmelo LaSalle and Monique Richardson Cold Camaraderie – New York Letter Carriers persevere As a former Letter Carrier in Brooklyn, New York, I remember all too well those days when you close your eyes and hope …
Delivery, USPS Did You Know & Tips, USPS Holidays
Postal Service Gears Up for Holiday Shipping Season The U.S. Postal Service® is ready to deliver a lot of cheer this holiday season in the form of more than 16 billion cards, letters and packages. “We have planned for this peak volume …
Authored by: Junemarie Brandt, Research Analyst Postal History, 29 years in service In 2014, I visited the Supai, Arizona, Post Office™ facility—the last Post Office™ in the U.S. receiving mail by mule. To most Americans, communication in 2016 is fast, …
Delivery, In the Community, News & Events, Uncategorized
Rare winter flooding socked the St. Louis area closing Post Offices in Missouri and Illinois. The flooding was the result of heavy rainfall in November and December that climaxed with more than 10 inches of rain over a three-day period …
Delivery, Heroes, In the Community
It was an everyday action that could have ended in tragedy if it wasn’t for the intervention of Fairland, IN Rural Carrier Michael Short. Brian Booth heard a noise coming from the exhaust of his Dodge Caravan, so he got …
Delivery, In the Community, News & Events, Tips & Tricks, USPS Holidays
This holiday season the Postal Service looks forward to delivering not only holiday cheer, but also a whopping 591 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. That’s a 10 percent increase over the 537 million packages delivered during this …
Delivery, In the Community, Inside USPS, Uncategorized
In 1970, the Postal Reorganization Act transformed the Post Office Department into the United States Postal Service. The “standing” eagle was adopted as the Postal Service’s official seal. Eagles are powerful, stately, determined and undeniably American, which reflects …