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Postal Service cancels rural closings

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Bowing to pressure from unhappy customers and members of Congress, the U.S. Postal service will not close some 3,600 rural post offices.
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First class mail will take longer

Monday, December 5, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service announced that it would shutter more than half of its processing centers next year increasing the number of days to deliver some mail
Posted In: U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, mail

On mailing champagne flutes

Monday, November 29, 2010
This final note today: A helpful tip as you get those holiday packages ready to ship off to relatives. Whatever you do, don't mark it "fragile."...
Posted In: fedex, holiday, mail, packages, Postal Service, UPS

Snail mail gets interactive

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
British stamp enthusiasts should be lining up with their smart phones at Royal Mail post offices by now. The nearly 500-year-old Royal Mail is the...
Posted In: data matrix code, mail, stamps

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