HISTORY
Copopa got its name because of a post office error
In another misstep, someone in the Post Office Department misspelled the name yet again when approving the request. The error ...
Neither snow nor pandemic stops the nation’s first miracle
Before America had the Declaration of Independence, much less the Constitution, the nation had the Postal Service ...
Happy Independence Day
The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has been a federal holiday in the United States since ...
U.S. Post Office introduced zip codes on July 1, 1963
On July 1, 1963, the United States Postal Service (USPS) introduces the Zone Improvement Plan as part of a plan ...
On June 8, 1959 a Navy submarine fired a guided missile carrying 3,000 letters to debut missile mail
Throughout its history, the Postal Service has explored faster, more efficient forms of mail transportation ...
Putnam County Takes Flight: National Air Mail Week, 1938
In 1938, the U.S. Post Office sponsored National Air Mail Week, held from May 15 to 21, to commemorate the 20th anniversary ...
From 1925-1974, the postal system spearheaded innovations in delivery — and its own identity
The sky was the limit in 1925: An act of Congress authorized the postmaster general to contract for airmail service, ...
E-COM: The $40 million USPS project to send email on paper
Email, for just under three years, came in a blue-and-white envelope from the United States Postal Service ...
How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
It was the beginning of what may be the country’s most unusual USPS route—the very last to deliver mail by mule ...
He was appointed by Truman – One of the nation’s longest-serving postmasters dies at 102
Kumley’s tenure as postmaster was the third-longest at the same office in postal history ...