Informed Delivery by the United States Postal Service is now available in eligible zip codes. What is Informed Delivery? It is an email and online dashboard notification system that emails greyscale exterior images of the recipients’ mail that they are set to receive later that day. (Learn more here.) The service is free and only Read more…
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The Postal Service™ recently announced proposed price changes which would take effect January 21, 2018 if approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The new prices would include a one-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail® Forever® stamps, postcard stamps, and metered letters. According to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) Advisory, “Mailing Services Read more…
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Effective January 22, 2017, the United States Postal Service will be implementing new prices, including a two cent increase in the First-Class Mail Forever stamp price. This is the first stamp price increase since January 2014. The First-Class Mail price changes are as follows: Letters (1oz) Current: 47 cents; New 49 cents Letters (over 1oz) Read more…
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The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for Mailing Services products to take effect next year, following the end of the holiday mailing season. The new prices, if approved, include a two cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, returning the price Read more…
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a remarkable organization that does not get nearly the credit it truly deserves. Besides the fact that is only costs 47¢ (or less) to send a letter 3,000 miles across the county, the organization has provided exemplary service for 241 years since Benjamin Franklin was named the first Read more…
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When you get home, do pick up your mail and scan the envelopes as you walk back to your front door? Has your spouse already picked it up from your Post Office and left it on the counter for you to review when you have time? Do you look forward to reviewing your mail or Read more…
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Green Energy Initiative Will Cut Costs, Help Environment (June 23, 2016) The U.S. Postal Service today announced that it will expand its use of alternative energy when solar panels are installed on the roof of a mail processing center in Los Angeles, CA, making the Postal Service facility the largest building generating electricity through solar Read more…
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$1.8 billion. That’s how much the USPS spends each year to process undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail. That figure reflects the 6 billion mail pieces that are tossed in the trash every year due to “poor address quality”. While the total volume of UAA mail has decreased over the years, that number is still shockingly high—and shockingly Read more…