New Castle Workers Picket to Keep Post Office OpenWYTV, OH"For this to even be thought of, is a shame", says Edward S. Mitchell Jr., known fondly at the New Castle office as "Cousin Eddie". Mitchell has been a postal worker in New Castle for 38 years. 200 workers process nearly two-million pieces of mail a …Picketers…
Legendary Mauritius stamp sells for 210000 eurosMonsters and Critics.comEssen, Germany – A legendary rare stamp, a 'Post Office' Mauritius One Penny Red, sold Friday at an auction in Germany for 210000 euros (277000 dollars), disappointing its previous owner, who had been expecting more. Ullrich Schulze had mislaid the …Rare Mauritian stamp to be auctionedAfrican Press…
Inside NoVA Stamp Prices IncreaseWNEP-TV, PABy Jim Hamill In just a few days the price for a postage stamp jumps another two cents. Last year it was a penny increase for stamps. The postal service points to rising operational costs as the reason for the two-cent increase. …Stamps Increase to 44 CentsWHIZCost of a first class…
BBC News Royal Mail to replace thousands of bicycles with vansTimes Online, UKThe sight of a postman pedalling down the street will become much rarer under plans by the Royal Mail to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with vans. The distinctive red bicycles will be removed from service and shipped by charities to…
Around 100 picketers protested outside of the New Castle Post Office on Friday. More: continued here
Stamp prices go up 2 cents to 44 cents MondayWSLS.com, VABy Jarett Henshaw With postage prices going up Monday, people are stock piling forever stamps. They're only forty-two cents today and they'll be good forever . . . no matter how much stamps go up. Marion Vaughn Howard is stocking up on stamps before … More:…
Step aside, Indiana Jones: the rise of eBay means nobody’s interested in looting antiquities any more. More: continued here
4 suspended for Rs 3.58 lakh fraud at post officeTimes of India, IndiaJUNAGADH: Assistant post master and three officials of Gandhigram post office were suspended on Thursday for allegedly siphoning off Rs 3.58 lakh from a post office savings account. According to postal department officials, assistant post master CT … More: continued here
Postal Workers To Help Stamp Out HungerWLWT, OHFood stamps don't cover toiletries and similar items, so many families need those, as well. "There's people out there that really, truly need this, that you open up the refrigerator and they've got nothing to feed their kids," said Brenda Lewis, … More: continued here
When the United States Post Office was created in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress, it was made part of the presidential cabinet and, believe it or not, the postmaster general was in the presidential line of succession (albeit last in line). More: continued here