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The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.
In the ensuing shooting spree eight people were killed and five injured. At around 4:30 p.m. after the gun was wrestled from him, he jumped to his death from the 11th floor. Vitkovic's former friend did not work for a postal department, but for a credit union that was a tenant of the building.
Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First-Class mail by air on a routine basis. Mail truck loaded with gold leaving the New York City Assay Office in 1941. The Post Office was the first federal government departments to regulate obscene materials on a national basis.
Delays in paychecks and other mail deliveries by the Postal Service, or USPS, gained attention last year as a record number of voters mailed in ballots to elect a new president.New Postal Board ...
The Bicentennial Series began with the issuance of a stamp showing the logo for the Bicentennial celebrations in 1971 and concluded in 1983. In January 1973, the USPS began to issue "Love" stamps for use on Valentine's Day and other special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and letters to loved ones. [55]
Aundre Cross was shot and killed Dec. 9 last year while delivering mail. A memorial event on the anniversary of his death drew many of his fellow postal workers.
Between 2007 and 2016, the USPS lost $62.4 billion; the inspector general of the USPS estimated that $54.8 billion of that (87%) was due to prefunding retiree benefits. [13] By the end of 2019, the USPS had $160.9 billion in debt, due to growth of the Internet, the Great Recession, and prepaying for employee benefits as stipulated in PAEA. [14]
At the hearing, McIlvane told a union official that, if he did not get reinstated, he would make the 1986 Edmond post office shooting "look like Disneyland". [3] One of McIlvane's former supervisors pressed criminal charges for alleged threats, but McIlvane was acquitted by a jury in early 1991. [ 1 ]