STONE COUNTY, MS (WDAM) – The first Village Post Office in South Mississippi has officially opened at a decades-old, rural grocery store in southeast Stone County. U.S. Postal Service officials, county officials, economic developers and store employees gathered for a ribbon-cutting Friday morning at the Big Level Grocery Village Post Office in Perkinston. The facility […]
The Renfro Valley, KY, Village Post Office (VPO) set a record when it opened last month, just days after negotiations for the new location got underway. It began when Kentuckiana District Village Post Office Coordinator Nick Walker learned the Renfro Valley Post Office was closing, which would have left the historic town with no postal […]
VPO on wheels Mobile market offers postal services The nation’s first mobile Village Post Office (VPO) recently rolled into Dallas District. The “VPO on wheels” is part of the Hummingbird Market, owned by Pam Slate, the widow of a Marine Corps veteran. The market sells food grown by veterans who participate in a farm cooperative, as […]
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 […]
USPS breaks 600 mark with opening VPOs inside 2 Kansas City, MO libraries USPS opened two new village post office (VPO) locations inside Kansas City, MO libraries. The new VPOs opened inside the Lucile H. Bluford Library and North-East Branch Library. Customers will be able to buy stamps, mail packages and open a P.O. box.