Photo: Sneedville, Tennessee Post Office 37869, by Jimmy Emerson, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License.

Sharks Surfacing at Nation’s Post Offices

Now available at Post Offices nationwide, the Sharks Commemorative Forever Stamps were dedicated at the First-Day-of-Issue ceremony at the Newport Aquarium in Newport Kentucky on July 26, 2017. Read more at USPS.com.

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Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail. On #ThisDayinHistory 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. During early colonial times in the 1600s, few American colonists needed to send mail to each other and there were no post offices in the colonies, so mail was typically left at inns and taverns. But, in 1753, Benjamin Franklin, who had been postmaster of Philadelphia, became one of two joint postmasters general for the colonies and made numerous improvements to the mail system, including setting up more efficient colonial routes and cutting delivery time in half between Philadelphia and New York by having the weekly mail wagon travel both day and night via relay teams. Today, the USPS is the largest US Government employer of civilians and delivers around 212 billion pieces of mail each year to over 144 million locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the American Virgin Islands and American Samoa. #USPS

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Had some good fun talking about sharks at the national unveiling of the #USPS #shark forever stamps at @newport_aquarium today! And apparently I’m incapable of talking without using my hands. Thanks to everyone who participated in this event – and get them at your local post office today!! #sharkweek #sharks #sharkstamps #talkingwithhands

A post shared by Dr. Nick Whitney (@drnickwhitney) on Jul 26, 2017 at 7:01pm PDT

My favorite time of day. Thank you Mr. Postman for bringing me all the treats! I hope to see you tomorrow ?? #petsofinstagram #cutestanimals #cutestyorkie #cutestdog #dog #doggie #doggram #dogdays #usps #postman #mail #youvegotmail #harls #harls #harley #happyharls #yorkiegram #yorkiegram #yorkiesofig #yorkieoftheday #yorkshireterrier #dogstagram #dogsagram #dogsofinstagram #pet #pup #petgram #petsofinstagram #petoftheday #dogoftheday ?by auntie @hanapajama

A post shared by Harley (@harlsmcgee) on Jul 26, 2017 at 6:37pm PDT

#illinois #enjoyillinois #southernillinois #618 #bellerive #architecture #americanflag #oldglory #postoffice #usps #smalltown #smalltownlife #localhub

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#clouds #iowacity #USPS

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#OnThisDayIn 1775 USPS was established. Thank your mailman–Happy birthday USPS! Pictured is a 1966 Automated post office in Pasadena shopping center makes it possible for customers to weigh, stamp and mail packages and letters at all hours. Source: @latimes Photographic Archive, @ucla_libraryspecialcollections

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