U.S. Postal Service history is deeply entwined with America’s story. From our beginning, we’ve played a pivotal role in some of the most significant chapters of our country’s growth, binding…

For years, customers had requested that the Post Office Department issue a Christmas-themed stamp. On Nov. 1, 1962, their holiday wish was granted

The concept of ZIP codes, from the acronym Zone Improvement Plan, originated in the 1940s. Beginning in 1943, the Postal Service divided larger cities into two-digit postal zones.

The 1864 presidential election was the first time absentee voting was exercised at scale: Approximately 7.5 percent of the total vote was cast from the field or by proxy.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of mail (17 million pieces of it!) that hadn’t…

The Edmond post office shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. In less than fifteen minutes, 44 year-old postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued…

Mere months after a historic wildcat strike brought the U.S. Mail to a standstill, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act— the most comprehensive postal reform since the…

The post card had been sent from the Ocean Surf Motel in Miami Beach to “Mrs. E. Muddiman” of Steeplebush Road in August 1960. Marable sleuthed around, but found that…

Hogan was assigned to the postal service, first on the West Coast and then on the East Coast, during the Vietnam War. Hogan was born and raised in Warren, and…

From 1753 to 1774, Franklin improved the courier system connecting the 13 fragmented colonies into a more efficient organization that sped deliveries between Philadelphia and New York City to a…