Barry Sea Cadets help launch new Royal Mail stamps on HMS BlythBarry and District News… anchored at Barry Waterfront recently the crew and local young sea cadets took on board a challenge – helping launch a new set of stamps for Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Boss Crozier Hits Out At Unions (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The boss of Royal Mail has hit out at union leaders for “frustrating” attempts to rescue the struggling business. More: continued here
Read More »Plea In Post Office Pilferage – The Smoking Gun
WHDH-TV Plea In Post Office PilferageThe Smoking GunSEPTEMBER 22–A postal worker who stole more than 3000 DVDs mailed by Netflix to its customers pleaded guilty yesterday to federal theft charges. …Mass. postal worker admits to stealing 30000 DVDsThe Associated PressEx-postal worker admits DVD theftsThe Republican – MassLive.comPostal worker admits to …
Read More »Stamps finalizing season roster (Williams Lake Tribune)
Week three is in the books as the Williams Lake Stampeders are in the midst of wrapping up tryouts for the upcoming Central Interior Hockey League season. More: continued here
Read More »U.S. postal museum receives $8M for larger gallery, rare stamps on loan (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WASHINGTON – The National Postal Museum has received an US$8-million donation to build a new street-level gallery in Washington, D.C. More: continued here
Read More »Bernie Fuchs, Illustrator for Magazines and Advertisements, Dies at 76 (New York Times)
Mr. Fuchs was an artist of magazine illustrations, presidential portraits and postage stamps, whose vibrant paintings captured of middle-class life in pre-Vietnam America. More: continued here
Read More »Steelton mayor hopes council resolution will help save post office (The Patriot-News)
Steelton Mayor Tom Acri is making one final push to save his borough’s nearly 100-year-old post office. Acri asked Steelton Borough Council on Monday night to pass a resolution urging lawmakers as well as the U.S. Postal Service to keep the office open. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx’s Freight Unit President and CEO to Retire (ABC News)
FedEx’s freight unit President and CEO Doug Duncan to retire on Feb. 28 More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Express to Take Delivery of First 777 Freighter (Journal of Commerce Online)
FedEx Express took delivery Tuesday of its first 777 freighter during ceremonies with the Boeing Company in Everett, Wash. The event comes as FedEx and other carriers are rapidly cutting back freighter capacity to weather the global economic downturn. More: continued here
Read More »Delivery offices in mail strike (BBC News)
Royal Mail workers in Cornwall and Devon are to take part in industrial action next week, the Communication Workers Union says. More: continued here
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