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The Postal Service Will Soon Deliver a Line of Men's Clothing

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:30:05 +0000

“Going postal” could soon be very fashionable. The United States Postal Service has announced it will unveil a clothing line for men called Rain Heat & Snow, a nod to its iconic credo, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Basically, [...]

Postal Worker Retires After 44 Years Without Taking a Single Sick Day

Donald Deane — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:07:34 +0000

As the famous motto goes, "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" stops dedicated postal workers. And as far as Deborah Ford is concerned, who retired from the USPS after more than four decades on the job without taking a single sick day, nothing else does either.

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 [...]