There is one, and only one, floating ZIP Code in the United States — 48222.
It belongs to the J.W. Westcott, a 45-foot contract boat that has been delivering mail to ships along the Detroit River for 76 years.
With the J.W. Westcott’s parent company celebrating 150 years in 2024, USPS recently marked the occasion with a pictorial postmark to show its appreciation.
“I’m most proud of all the work done by the men and women through 76 years of mail deliveries by Detroit’s hometown treasure,” said Rick Moreton, Michigan 1 District manager, during the postmark’s unveiling.
Those wishing to receive the special cancelation should send stamped, addressed cards or letters in a larger envelope to J.W. Westcott Pictorial Postmark, Postmaster, George W. Young Post Office, 1401 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48233-9998.
All the way in Halfway
Halfway, OR — a small city near the Idaho border — has a new postmaster: William “Billy” James, a seven-year USPS veteran who began his career as a letter carrier in the Portland area.
In addition to his duties in Halfway, James will also oversee Post Offices in nearby Richland and Oxbow.
“I lead from the front and would never ask an employee to do something that I wouldn’t do myself,” James told the Baker City Herald newspaper last week.
Star of stage, screen and stamp
In October, Canada Post honored actor Donald Sutherland with a postage stamp.
The New Brunswick native, who died last week at age 88, was thrilled.
“When they showed me this stamp, I felt that everything had come together,” he told a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. podcast in December, according to Linn’s Stamp News.
Sutherland also mentioned that fans had been sending him letters with the stamp and later followed up with the CBC to invite fans to send him stamped postcards, even providing an address.
“You know, when you’re 88 years old — very nearly 89 — it means a lot, a stamp, because we grew up writing letters. The stamp for me is everything, just everything,” he said.
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