The member of Congress who wrote the 2006 law that has been widely blamed for the United States Postal Service’s financial crisis is defending that act but warning that lawmakers are unlikely to come quickly to the agency’s rescue. Former House Committee on Government Reform chairman Tom Davis laid that forecast before a July 16 […]
Misinformation on Village Post Offices corrected A recent contributor author article in Linn’s Stamp News questioning the value of Village Post Offices (VPO) contained incorrect statements. In a reply, USPS set the record straight: Regarding the article titled “Village Post Offices – are they really worth it for the USPS?”
The VPO has no scales to weigh packages, nor Priority Mail stamps available for purchase. To use the Priority Mail service, most customers have to buy the forever stamps and stick them on the box. Since VPOs neither cancel mail nor offer any special postal services like registered, certified or insured mail, VPOs do not […]
The woman who supervises the stamp program at the United States Postal Service is once again raising eyebrows. This time the cause is a speech that Nagisa Manabe gave April 10 at a Washington Conference called PostalVision 2020. There the chief marketing officer of the USPS announced that the federal agency is “actively looking for […]
Linns Stamp News editor Chad Snee discusses significant events in the stamp world last week and what to look for in the coming week. One of the stamp issues Snee discussed is the expensive Ralph Ellison 91 cent press sheet.
According to the NonProfit Times The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (APM) will have a new executive director starting next year. Stephen M. Kearney today was announced as the next executive director, effective January. He will succeed Tony Conway, who will retire at the end of the year. The Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) organization was founded in […]
It seems the media missed this part of the article.about the PMG.. USPS had planned on releasing a sheet of stamps in May to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity in achieving a healthy lifestyle. The ‘Just Move’ stamps featured an illustration of a different child engaged in one of 15 activities, in […]
An account of rare turmoil within the secretive stamp committee at USPS. According to Linn’s Stamp News Bill McAllister Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC): “staged an unprecedented protest at their September 23 meeting” in Washington; voted to suspend the meeting; and all 13 members signed a three-page letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe requesting a […]