How a Postage Stamp Saved My Life
I didn’t know it at the time, but 48 hours was all the time that I had left with the most extraordinary woman I had ever known. That woman was my mom. As I reflect back, the night before she …
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Postal Service Shows Its Commitment to Energy Conservation
Postal Service™ Celebrates Energy Conservation During Energy Action Month 2016 October is Energy Action Month. This month long celebration is declared by Presidential Proclamation each October. It is a time to celebrate energy saving successes and renew our commitment to energy …
Mail Delivery Rises Above Kokomo Tornado Devastation
Neither snow nor tornado…nothing keeps the Kokomo, Indiana postal employees from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Not even 165-mph winds from an EF3 tornado in August 2016 could deter these postal employees from ensuring every piece of …
Inspirational Couple Sets a Running Record
Marathon Love Couple Hits 25K Mile Mark Crossing the finish line took only seconds. Reaching this point took 25 years. After competing in more than 270 races, Lansing, IL, Letter Carrier Jamie Parks and his wife Lynn have crossed the …
Inverted Jenny
Keelin O’Neill of Ireland, who inherited the coveted stamp from his grandfather, addresses the crowd at a press conference with law enforcement and stamp officials at the Javits Center in New York City. For someone like me …
Mule Mail
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, …
Happy Earth Day from the USPS
What better time than today, Earth Day, to remind sustainability stakeholders worldwide that USPS has long adopted goals to reduce energy, water consumption, and greenhouse-gas emissions. Throughout the Postal Service, these are goals we are proud of and fully …
Tune into Success: New USPS Technology Showcased at NPF
The Postal Service was at the National Postal Forum (NPF) this week—the annual mailing industry tradeshow—partaking in inspired addresses, instructional workshops, and networking events designed to enable greater success for businesses and customers. While there, USPS presented its strategic …
Delivery, In the Community, News & Events, Uncategorized
Employees rise to the challenge of record flooding
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
“Anyone would have done the same” says hero mail carrier
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 …