A Duluth woman whose letter mailed to her Army son in Iraq came back to her stamped "DECEASED" when the soldier wasn't dead has received a formal apology from the U.S. Postal Service, more than six ...

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) implemented new procedures for dating mail on Dec. 24, postmarking letters and packages with ...

Whatever happened to the Penny postcard and the three-cent First-class stamp? Some mailers still use “old”, cheaper. (Before FOREVER) stamps on letters, but one needs a pile of them (stamps) to make ...

As you may have heard, postal rates are going up again. As of July 14, buying stamps to mail an individual letter with first-class postage will cost 73 cents, up from 68 cents. “Forever” stamps that ...

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How did one of history’s greatest Urdu poets become a philatelic icon? Syed Muhammad Naqavi traces his journey from a 1952 ...

The oldest piece of mail to use a pre-paid Penny Black stamp is set to be auctioned in New York. The British Penny Black was the first-ever adhesive postage stamp. The letter cover has a sale estimate ...

The United States Postal Service issued its first-ever postage stamps on this day in history, July 1, 1847. The first postage stamps produced by the United States Postal Service (USPS) were sold in ...

Royal Mail has introduced a 'fake stamp scanner' that enables you to check whether a stamp is legitimate or not. It will also continue to waive its £5 penalty fee charged to anyone who receives a ...

Rainer Gerlach, owner of Sooner Stamps, shares his unique perspective on postal history as USPS celebrates 250 years of ...

The National Association of Letter Carriers will be delivering mail and picking up donated food from mailboxes and porches Saturday during their annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.