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Should The Federal Government Bail Out The Postal Service [POLL]

Rayman — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:48:07 +0000

Reports say our economy is slowly getting better, and when that happens, prices go up on many things. The Post Office is no exception The price for First-Class Mail single-piece letter went up up by one cent to 46-cents , this past Sunday. New 46-cent "Forever" stamps will allow customers to mail letters to any location in the United States, however old 45-cent "Forever" stamps will continue to be honored.

Unused Simpson Stamps Cost USPS Millions

Chris Allen — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:37:15 +0000

The USPS issues stamps from time to time for collectors, to honor unique people or historic moments, and to make money. When they issued the Simpsons, they thought they would make more money than any other stamp. According to Newser, they printed 1 billion Simpson stamps, and only sold 316 million. How did they get [...]

U.S. Postal Service Using Junk Mail To Solve It's Money Problems

Steve Tanko — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:07:08 +0000

Call the U.S. Postal Service “crazy”. Just make sure you add “…like a fox” to the end of it. Plagued with mounting debt and a business model that isn’t achieving a profitable return anymore, the United States Postal Service is turning to the bane of many peoples existence to shore up their balance sheet: junk [...]

Living People To Be Featured On U.S. Postage Stamps

Steve Tanko — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:43:19 +0000

These are challenging times for the the United States Postal Service. These are also “changing” times. Ending a policy that has been in place since it’s inception, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it will begin featuring images of people who are still alive. We wanted to make sure the people we suggested had stood [...]