East Bay Express Postal workers rally to send message about looming service cutsThe Seattle TimesWith an afternoon rally at Seattle's Federal Building on Thursday, postal workers protested threatened cuts that could eliminate Saturday mail delivery and shutter many post offices and mail-processing centers across the country.Richmond Main Post Office Extends …
Read More »Royal Mail ‘forced to ration stamps’ before price hike next month
POST offices rationing stamps as Brits stockpile them ahead of price hikes later this month More: continued here
Read More »Most post offices won’t stay open later on tax day – San Francisco Chronicle
Most post offices won't stay open later on tax daySan Francisco ChronicleIf your tax day tradition included a midnight dash to the post office, it may be time for a new tradition. For the first time anyone at the US Postal Service can remember, none of the 41 offices in …
Read More »Cut-price sale of old post office criticised – This is Leicestershire
Cut-price sale of old post office criticisedThis is LeicestershireCouncil bosses could lose hundreds of thousands of pounds by selling Leicester's former main post office. The 1930s building in Bishop Street has been put on the market again – three-and-a-half years after the authority purchased it for about £1.4 …and more » …
Read More »David Cameron meets Burmese President Thein Sein, N-Korea rocket tests, stamps … – Coventry Telegraph
CBC.ca David Cameron meets Burmese President Thein Sein, N-Korea rocket tests, stamps…Coventry TelegraphROYAL Mail has imposed a cap on the number of stamps every shop can buy to ensure it benefits from price rises later this month. The price of first-class stamps will increase from 46p to 60p and second …
Read More »Royal Mail unveils designs for second set of AZ stamps – Design Week
BBC News Royal Mail unveils designs for second set of AZ stampsDesign WeekRoyal Mail hopes the collection will draw attention to British tourist attractions. Maude and Davies have worked on a number of Royal Mail stamp collections before including a collection celebrating London bridges and a set that marked the …
Read More »Royal Mail stamp price Q&A
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Read More »Commemorative Titanic Stamp On Display Aboard 100th Anniversary Cruise (PHOTOS) – IBTimes.co.uk
Businessandleadership.com Commemorative Titanic Stamp On Display Aboard 100th Anniversary Cruise (PHOTOS)IBTimes.co.ukBy Monami Thakur: Subscribe to Monami Thakur's RSS feed As the 100 th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic draws nearer, a commemorative stamp collection is on display at the Titanic Memorial Cruise which is retracing the voyage …
Read More »Post office’s fate lies in Congress – Cumberland Times-News
East Bay Express Post office's fate lies in CongressCumberland Times-NewsCUMBERLAND — The survival of the Cumberland post office processing center on Park Street hinges on US Congress, which reconvenes Monday, according to local officials of the American Postal Workers Union. Senate Bill 1789, if passed with major …Richmond Main Post …
Read More »Postmaster general visits potential rural closure sites
The top U.S. Postal Service official on Thursday took his case for rural post office closures straight to those it will hurt most, telling residents in Montana's capital and one of its smallest towns that thousands of post offices nationwide must be shuttered to cut costs. More: continued here
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