Photo: Cumming, Iowa Post Office 50061, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram ♬ Times when the day is like a play by Sartre / When it seems a bookburning’s in perfect order . #Project365 #072 . #USPS #thingsareroughouthereforthepostalservice #livingspace #hardtimes #goodprice #shortterm #sign #forent #whatnumber #immacall […]

Photo: Hoisington, Kansas Post Office 67544, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram Mr. Mailman’s quiet lunch break under my window (hey, I don’t mind at all, by the way!) ? #mail #post #man #mailman #postman #quiet #lunch #see #through #my #window #leg #up #fun #humor #usps […]

CHURCHILL AND ORWELL by Thomas E. Ricks: Churchill and Orwell proved their age’s necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940s to triumph over freedom’s enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell’s […]

Photo: Partridge, Kansas Post Office 67566, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram it seems like I will be a delivery boy for a while… Peaches now delivers every local orders with Lambo Express (yes, lambo is a delivery car) @pps.express ? . . Now on www.pps.express […]

Photo: Vinton, Iowa Post Office 52349, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram We Deliver Faster. #peaches? #ifyouloveme? #usps #fedex #ups #dhl #postmates #grubhub #doordash #lamborghini #uberslow #huracan #huracantalk #hypebeast #ifyouloveme #lamborghinihuracan #hypebeaststyle #highsnobiety #fiexhaust A post shared by ONE UNIVERSE ? (@peaches_oneuniverse) on Aug 28, 2018 […]

Photo: Monticello, Iowa Post Office 52310, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram When a customer says, “Tell me how you really feel”. #USPS #mailmanproblems #postalservice #postalproud #mailmanlife #mail #maillady #mailwoman #mailman #mailbox #mailcarrier #mailtruck #ccalife #cca #regular #swings #outgoing #parcels #package #boxes #expressmail #prioritymail #firstclass #wedeliver […]

Photo: Anamosa, Iowa Post Office 52205, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram You’ve got mail ? . ?: @affenandthegriffs #usps #mail A post shared by Blaine & Bart Danzig (@danzigbros) on Aug 22, 2018 at 2:22pm PDT It’s a race on the interstate! #usps #fedex #travelfun […]

Presidential Memorandum on Universal Postal Union Chairman Robert Taub’s Statement Washington, DC – On August 23, 2018, President Donald J. Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-secretary-treasury-secretary-homeland-security-postmaster-general-chairman-postal-regulatory-commission/) detailing his direction to modernizing the monetary reimbursement model for the delivery of goods through the international postal system and enhancing the security and safety of international mail. The […]

Photo: Tipton, Iowa Post Office 52772, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Mail, mail it never fails! It makes me wanna wag my tail!! ? thank you for the treat, maillady Brenda!! ? #USPS #ilovelebanon #lebtown A post shared by Bear (@phillysbearnecessities) on Aug 23, 2018 at […]

Photo: Maynard, Iowa Post Office 50655, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Now they are just #messing with me! #buggsofig #bugg #pugmix #bostonterriermix #usps #mutt #greyface #seniordogs #ilovemydogs #mail A post shared by Tammy & the Buggs (@foamchick) on Aug 22, 2018 at 5:26pm PDT The nice […]

Photo: Elnora, Indiana Post Office 47529, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram #mailbox #love #loveletters #usps #mail #love #loveletter #loveletters #letter #lovequotes #lovely #mailboxes #washingtonstate A post shared by Janis Isaman | My Body Couture (@janis.isaman) on Aug 21, 2018 at 10:17am PDT Mail Time at […]

Photo: Vernon, Colorado Post Office, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram Charming. ???? A post shared by FranChelle (@fran_chelle) on Aug 20, 2018 at 12:14pm PDT I love my daily visit from the mailman #USPS! A post shared by Betty Jo (@adventures_of_betty_jo) on Aug 20, 2018 […]

The USPS OIG has released a “white paper” report concerning extremely long wait times for customers calling the 1-800-ASK-USPS call center. News reports and personal experiences detail wait times of as much as one to three hours. In 2017, 19 million callers attempted to speak to a customer service agent. Of those, only 11.5 million […]

Photo: Bone Gap, Illinois Post Office 62815, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram Thirty-Two Years! Happy Retirement Dad, you did it! ?#retired#32yearslater#USPS A post shared by Jazzmin Estrella (@jazzmin.estrella) on Jul 31, 2018 at 9:02pm PDT Today 8/18/18 I started my full time Rural Mail Carrier […]

Photo: Kingston Mines, Illinois Post Office 61539, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram classic ID sketch. #sketch #sketching #sketchaday #sketchbook #id #ideation #idsketching #industrialdesign #productdesign #process #design #designer #designlife #designsketching #picoftheday #follow #instasketch #instagood #classic #sketch #mailtruck #USPS #advanceddesignsketching #copicmarkers #copic A post shared by Hector […]

Photo: Luxemburg, Iowa Post Office 52056, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram Practicing Casing Mail! The general public has no clue how much carriers touch/read the mail! ?. ✉️??? A post shared by Julia Provence Roseman (@mailchickpics) on Aug 15, 2018 at 4:31pm PDT LLV Driver […]

Photo: East Dubuque, Illinois Post Office 61025, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram #USPS #usa #cloud #dark A post shared by @ ryomerz on Aug 14, 2018 at 2:17pm PDT surf check ? @uspostalservice A post shared by Latigo Coffee (@latigocoffee) on Aug 14, 2018 at […]

Photo: Leaf River, Illinois Post Office 61047, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. @postallife Instagram New stamps! . . #stamps #uspsstamps #usps #llv #postal #gonepostal #stampcollection #philately #clerkwork #uspostalservice #snailmailrevolution #snailmail #weekendsplurge #stampaddict #postage #sendmoremail #writemoreletters #happymail #dragons #artofmagic #airmail #americanflag #usmail A post shared by Emily L. […]

The APWU and NALC have released the numbers for recent cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs), and the numbers are rather substantial at $645! NALC: Fifth COLA set at $645 August 10, 2018 The fifth contract COLA is finalized today at $645 annually with the release of the July 2018 CPI-W. The sixth COLA will be finalized with the […]

The U.S. Postal Service is no longer providing free publicity of new stamps to overseas stamp dealers, reports Bill McAllister. Instead, the USPS is charging for the images through the Postal Service’s contract licensing office. The move has puzzled more than a few in the stamp collecting industry. Stamp collecting is still a popular hobby […]