Last week, Link told readers about USPS Local XChange, a new offering that allows buyers and sellers who are local to each other to complete their transactions using USPS Smart Lockers.
We also shared news about the latest Postal Police hiring window, explained the duties of the USPS Board of Governors in “Primers,” and highlighted a new USPS Barbie stamp video.
In America 250 news, we reported on a special “Mail With Mr. ZIP” episode that travels back in time to 1776; highlighted a new USPS Declaration of Independence video; looked at the many patriotic stamps the organization issued to celebrate the semiquincentennial and highlighted a new USPS-licensed book, “Forever Stamps: 250 Years of United States History Writ Small.”
“On the Job” spotlighted Lorraine French, the postmaster of Meeteetse, a small town in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin; and “People” reported on the rosy stamp sales at the Barbie doll convention in Austin, TX, where the new stamp debuted.
“We had 1,000 first-day envelopes and they were all gone within two to three hours. Attendees loved the stamps,” said Becky Hernandez, Southern Area strategic communications specialist. “We sold all 1,000 panes.”
Finally, “Heroes” told the story of Cornelius Houston, a Waxahachie, TX, letter carrier who helped police locate a missing child
“Thanks to his attentiveness and quick action, the child was safely found,” Postmaster Mavis Carter said.
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