May 7th
USPS: From A to Z, here’s what you get for the price of a stamp
From A to Z, here’s what you get for the price of a stamp. Here are 26 reasons to love the Postal Service:
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May 6th
Video: Man scams post office out of $40,000
Postal Clerks became suspicious when a man came in asking to buy hundreds of rolls of stamps with a check and didn’t want to show his ID. Postal employees were purposely trying to keep him there so they could get a picture of him and alert inspectors.
Apr 11th
Charlton Heston Immortalized on Forever Stamp
HOLLYWOOD — Legendary Hollywood icon and humanitarian Charlton Heston was honored as the 18th inductee into the U.S. Postal Service’s Legends of Hollywood stamp series today. The event took place during a first-day-of-issue stamp dedication ceremony at the The Creative Life Chinese Theatre as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. “Acting was not Charlton […]
Apr 11th
Harvey Milk Forever Stamp to be Dedicated at White House May 22
WASHINGTON — The official first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp will take place at the White House May 22. Harvey Milk was a visionary leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S. when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. […]
Apr 1st
‘Misprinted Stamps Escape Postal Vault’
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2014 – The Postal Service has printed 100 additional sheets of stamps of the recently issued $2 Inverted Jenny stamp but with the plane flying right-side up. These very limited edition stamps were circulated with the recent issue of stamps mimicking the most famous stamp error in U.S. history. Customers who purchased […]
Feb 21st
Nashville marketing firm employees say they may have helped to steal over $100,000 from USPS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Workers who accepted a job they found on Craigslist are concerned they may have become unwilling accomplices in a scheme to steal more than $100,000 from area post offices in a single day. “Once we all figured out that we all bought roughly $100,000 worth of stamps we agreed that there was […]
Feb 17th
Video: Linn’s Stamp News Morning Brief | Feb. 17, 2014
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.
Feb 12th
USPS honors Abraham Lincoln with new stamp
One of America’s Greatest Presidents Honored by the U.S. Postal Service SPRINGFIELD, IL — The U.S. Postal Service today honored President Abraham Lincoln with a new stamp issued at the second-ounce rate for envelopes and mailings that require additional postage, during a ceremony at the Old State Capitol. Customers may purchase the 21-cent stamp at […]
Feb 12th
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly Stamp to Flutter on Greeting Cards
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The beautiful Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly gets its stamp of approval and takes flight on postage today from the nation’s Post Offices as a 70-cent stamp. Customers may purchase the stamps at usps.com/stamps, 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices. The stamp is primarily designed to be used […]
Jan 14th
PMG Announces New Chairman of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON — On a telephone conference this morning with the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC), Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe enthusiastically appointed Janet Klug, past president of the American Philatelic Society, to become chairman of the committee, beginning Jan. 16, 2014. “I am pleased to appoint Janet Klug chairman of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee. Janet […]