The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary this weekend, and you won't have to check your mailbox for the invite. The agency's semiquincentennial will be marked by an event at the ...

Did you know it used to only cost $.15 to mail a human child? That’s one of the fun facts we learned from a new "A Kids' History of the United States Postal Service" activity book. We speak to acting ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has announced the 2025 Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award recipients, Gordon Edwin Eubanks Jr., Christopher Miles Bertram King and Patrick Valère Maria ...

As President Donald Trump's plans to shake up federal agencies extends to the United States Postal Service, some worry about what might happen to a service with roots as old as our nation's. Trump ...

meet Claude chana. This is the larger than life statue, greeting visitors to old Town Auburn. This giant statue just off interstate 80 pays homage to the fruit rancher who found gold in the auburn ...

Amanda Madden, Assistant Professor, History and Art History; Director of Geospatial History, is set to receive funding for the Arnhem Postal History Project. Work for this project will involve: ...

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The United States Postal Service (USPS) officially released a new suite of commemorative stamps honoring the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. These stamps, first unveiled ...

An author — set to release a new book on the history of Cowlitz County postal services — will talk next week at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum. Ted Gruber will give a presentation about his new ...

When an address is not legible, mail distribution centers around the country capture images of the hard-to-read addresses and electronically send them to the U.S. Postal Service Remote Encoding Center ...