As the 18th Century became the 19th, the mail was becoming increasingly secure. As a result, people were becoming more confident in entrusting US postal workers with their keepsakes and valuables. Not all mail reached its destination initially and often found itself in the Dead Letter Office. In one year, for example, 71,336 letters contained [...]
Aerophilately A combination of aero (air) and philately (the hobby of stamp collection) gives us aerophilately, the popular area of collecting devoted to air mail. Aerophilately is the hobby of collecting air mail stamps, and envelopes (covers) that have been sent by air mail — including by airplane, balloon or other types of aircraft. [...]
Sirit RFID Reader Chosen For Postal ApplicationRFID Solutions Online (press release), PA – 7 hours agoReaders have been installed across the country as part of a system to monitor and quantify the speed and accuracy of real-time postal deliveries. …Related Posts
Severe weather deaths…Myanmar aid boat sinks…Postal rates …Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND – 9 hours agoTomorrow it jumps a penny to 42 cents as part of what’s expected to be an annual price adjustment by the Postal Service. Postal officials say they have …Related Posts
Sirit RFID Reader Chosen For Postal ApplicationRFID Solutions Online (press release), PA – 7 hours agoReaders have been installed across the country as part of a system to monitor and quantify the speed and accuracy of real-time postal deliveries. …Related Posts
On February 11, 2008, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced an increase in postage rates. Along with other increases, the cost of a 1st class stamp will be raised to $0.42 on May 12th.While the most visible change is the 1-cent increase for First-Class Mail letters, the changes are broader and include prices that [...]
Postal food drive fills area charities’ pantriesThe DeLand-Deltona Beacon, FL – 2 hours agoBounty Northwest Volusia postal workers beam over their record-setting collection in the Help Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive May 10. From left are Pat Ward, …Palm Beach County: Food drive nets about 578000 pounds of goods Sun-Sentinel.comall 2 news articlesRelated Posts
Robert F. Chambers (1887-1947) loved stamps, but he is also credited as one of the first American collectors to appreciate and amass stampless covers and postal markings. His extensive collection includes examples from the Colonial period through the 1890’s. Meticulously assembled, it contains most types of postal markings available for the 125-year period. such as [...]
As the 18th Century became the 19th, the mail was becoming increasingly secure. As a result, people were becoming more confident in entrusting US postal workers with their keepsakes and valuables. Not all mail reached its destination initially and often found itself in the Dead Letter Office. In one year, for example, 71,336 letters contained [...]
On February 11, 2008, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced an increase in postage rates. Along with other increases, the cost of a 1st class stamp will be raised to $0.42 on May 12th.While the most visible change is the 1-cent increase for First-Class Mail letters, the changes are broader and include prices that [...]
