For this year’s holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service has issued a series called Holiday Knits, featuring four stamps of what they are calling “classic Christmas-time imagery designed and machine knitted by nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl: There is a dignified stag; a snow-dappled evergreen tree; a perky snowman sporting a top hat; and a [...]
Under the new guidelines signed into law by President Bush last December, we may see the next round of postal increases by June 30, 2008. Under the new law, annual increases annual increases are allowed and will be tied to the Consumer Price Index, with rules to be determined by the Postal Regulatory Commission. Before [...]
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Copyright 2007 USPS There has been a lot of speculation regarding the purchasing motives behind the consumers of Forever Stamps. Are there actually investors hoarding these stamps in hermetically sealed containers, waiting for guaranteed returns down the road? Or are these stamps being consumed in the normal course of business, being bought as a convenience, [...]
The Postal Service is phasing out 22,933 stamp vending machines nationwide. Notices are appearing in post offices all over the country: “THIS VENDING MACHINE WILL BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE.” Image by Crow River Trading Company, All Rights Reserved In a program already underway and slated to end in 2010, the USPS will be removing thousands [...]
All rights reserved 2007 Darci Marchese/WTOP Photo “The United States Postal Service marked the 75th anniversary of the Purple Heart medal with the dedication of the new Purple Heart stamp at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. It is the third time the stamp has been issued. During the ceremony [...]
© 2007 USPS. All Rights Reserved. On August 16, 2007, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled four new Art of Disney Magic stamps at an official dedication ceremony at Walt Disney World Resort. This is the fourth line in the Art of Disney Magic series to be issued. This year’s commemorative set includes Mickey Mouse as [...]
A guy who sounds like Matt Damon puts on a one-man, two-hand act. I’ll give him credit, you never know what could catch on, go viral and secure a reality based show on VH1. Thanks to YouTube, I’m still humming “Chocolate Rain” while watching a looped Jake Brown wipe out at the X-games. Bookmark to:
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In an Associated Press interview Friday, Postmaster-General John Potter said he expects sales of the forever stamp to jump in the months before any new rate increase, but he added: “We have other stamps that are of keen interest.” Read the complete article from the Washington Post. Bookmark to: