UNION 'FORCES OUT' POSTMANExpress.co.ukAndy Bainborough, 53, is being moved at the end of next month due to “operational changes” agreed by Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. But villagers claim he is being replaced to allow long-serving union members to pick the best rounds …and more » More: continued here

Car Hits New Market Post OfficeWHSVA car hit the New Market post office at 9444 John Sevier Rd. Friday afternoon around 4:00. New Market Police Department Chief of Police Charles Peery said an older man accidentally hit his car's accelerator instead of the brake. … More: continued here

Postage hike spurs opportunityArizona RepublicTo shave off as much as $20 billion from its $75 billion annual expense budget, the agency is moving ahead with plans to close 3700 post offices and about half of its 487 mail-distribution centers. Besides the closures, it is proposing to raise rates …Stamp's cost …

A car hit the New Market post office at 9444 John Sevier Rd. Friday afternoon around 4:00. More: continued here

New stamp features local search dogYNNHe is featured with other "Dogs at Work" on new 65-cent postage stamps. Our Iris St. Meran spoke with the dog's owner who hopes this unusual publicity will bring attention to a unique industry. Then come back here and refresh the page. … More: continued …

Price of stamps goes up a penny SundayRavenna Record Courier“Forever” stamps will cover the cost of first-class mail regardless of when they were purchased, but their price also will rise to 45 cents. By Posting to this site, you agree to our Terms of Service Be polite. Inappropriate posts may …

She puts her stamp on this first-day issueLancaster NewspapersBy JON RUTTER The financially strapped US Postal Service had not planned to fete its new "Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" stamp, which went on sale Friday. So Marguerite Keen decided to celebrate the stamp on her own. Last week, she distributed several … …

New prices for the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) mailing and shipping services and post office box rental fees go into effect on January 22. The price of a first-class stamp for a one-ounce letter will increase by one cent to 45 cents. More: continued here

A series of stamps depicting Sri Lankan gems was issued in Germany recently, an Officer of the Postal Services Ministry told the Sunday Observer. Director of the Carl Faller Institute, Heike Faller who met Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga at his Ministry recently, presented the stamps to him. More: continued here

All deliveries have been suspended to 62-year-old Muriel Mallam's detached property in Staffordshire because postal workers have to walk a few yards along a busy country road. More: continued here