Post Office – Official Mail Guide (OMG)

Houston Update: Tropical Storm Imelda Post Office Closures, Mail Services Update

Updated as of 9-19-19 5pm: Texas – Southeastern Due to serious flooding caused by Tropical Depression Imelda, customers are advised of the following impacts to our [...]

Israel To Privatize Post

The last hurdle in the Knessett was cleared when the finance committee approved privatizing the Israel Postal Company, permitting up to 40% of the postal service to be sold [...]

Amazon Post Offices Serve Customer Delivery, Returns

Amazon is opening retail outlets to let customers pick up and return packages, bypassing traditional services like the USPS for customer engagement … (click to read [...]

Jimi Hendrix Post Office Pushed By WA Congressmen

Eight Washington State representatives in Congress are pushing legislation that would name one of the state’s post offices after rock and roll legend Jimi Hendrix [...]

Full Service IMB To Be Required For Automation Discounts?

Five years ago the USPS phased out POSTNET barcodes and required mailers use Intelligent Mail Barcodes instead. As part of the switch to IM barcodes, the USPS also mandated [...]

ZIP Code Lookup

Look Up a ZIP Code by address, by city or by state from the official source, the United States Postal Service: Click to Lookup ZIP Code By Address Click to Lookup Zip Code By [...]

President Trump Orders Review Of USPS

President Trump ordered a review of the Postal Service, signing an executive order late Thursday April 12 that creates a task force to “conduct a thorough evaluation of [...]

Move Update – Green and Secure Final Rule

The USPS has implemented a new method for measuring compliance for meeting the Move Update requirement using a Census based approach. USPS uses scans from Mail Processing [...]

Here Come The Postal Delivery Robots

The Office of Inspector General released two reports that look at mail delivery robots by the Postal Service. One report shows a positive public perception for the concept. [...]

A Gallery Of Successful Direct Mail Campaigns

The USPS has developed an Irresistible Mail Gallery, a curated collection of outstanding direct mail content. You’ll find work from actual campaigns, demo pieces, [...]

President Continues Attack On Amazon, USPS

President Trump continued to attack Amazon’s relationship with the USPS, tweeting “I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts [...]

Understanding Amazon, The USPS, And $1.46 Loss On Each Package

The USPS has made billions of dollars in investments in package tracking technology and new delivery vehicles to accommodate the shift to an ecommerce economy, which has [...]

Trump Postal Reform Plan Mirrors USPS Efforts

President Trump’s budget recommendations of the U.S. Postal Service line up with the USPS’ stated goals of cutting service and raising prices. It includes: [...]

Proposed Law Makes All Post Offices Display Picture of President

GOP lawmaker to introduce legislation to mandate picture of president, VP at post offices Rep. Dan Donovan (R-N.Y.) will be introducing legislation requiring all post offices [...]

15 Things You Can Mail Without a Box

Here are fifteen odd items you can mail without a box starting with potatoes … (click to read [...]

Facebook’s Mail Solution To Russian Meddling

Stung by Russian use of Facebook to meddle in the 2016 elections, Facebook announced it will use postcards to verify United States residency. “If you run an ad [...]

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED: New USPS Guide To Ancillary Endorsements

Ancillary service endorsements are used by mailers to request an addressee’s new address and to provide the USPS with instructions on how to handle [...]

Ancillary Service Endorsements: Everything You Need To Know

The U.S. Postal Service Ancillary Service Endorsements include “Address Service Requested”, “Electronic Service Requested”, “Return Service [...]

New Postage Rates, Forms Effective January 21, 2018

The 2018 Price Change goes into effect on January 21, 2018. New postage statements associated with the January 2018 price change are listed below. As of January 21, 2018, new [...]

ebay Negotiates Up To 25% Off Postage Rates

Postage rates edge higher on January 21, unless you are an eBay customer. eBay announced: “eBay has been able to negotiate with the USPS on behalf of sellers and secure a [...]