Last week, Link was there as the Postal Service honored 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley with the 49th stamp in the Black Heritage series.
Wheatley — who was born in West Africa and brought to Boston on a slave ship as a child — was the first author of African descent in the American Colonies to publish a book.
“During the Colonial period, she sought to remind the young nation that the ‘Goddess of Liberty’ should belong to everyone, regardless of the color of their skin,” Chenise LeDoux, Southern Area vice president, said at the stamp ceremony in Boston.
In other philatelic news, we told you about the dedication of the Colorado Statehood stamp on Jan. 24 and explored lesser-known facts about recent stamp subject Muhammad Ali.
Link also shared news about leadership courses available for Executive and Administrative Schedule employees, the deadline for safe driver award nominations, and about the organization’s recent sponsorship deal with the National Hockey League.
And we offered reminders on the ethics rules surrounding second jobs and the importance of ladder safety.
The “Heroes” column spotlighted Stratford, NJ, Letter Carrier Anthony Scardino, who rescued a customer who fell after suffering a stroke; and “People” checked in with Eric Senkavitch and Angel Reynolds, Webster, MA, postmaster and customer services supervisor, respectively, who took part in a pop-up letter-writing event held by the nonprofit Stamp of Sunshine.
“Their job is to spread happiness, and we at USPS are inspired. I, myself, mailed a postcard from the event to my grandma,” Senkavitch said.
Finally, Link debuted a new explanatory feature, “Primers,” which took a deep dive into postal customer councils in its kickoff column.
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