Link shared a cornucopia of stamp news with readers last week.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when USPS spotlights its Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp. As we reported, the organization’s first semipostal has raised nearly $100 million for its cause since its launch in 1998.
We also ran stories on the release of the new Hanukkah stamp, the ninth design in the series; Madonna and Child, this year’s religiously themed Christmas offering; and the Kwanzaa stamp ceremony, which took place Sept. 23 at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s annual conference.
Link also ran a feature on the MV Sophie C., a floating Post Office on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, looked at the ethics rules surrounding office romances, and shared that the Postal Service’s observance of Energy Action Month this year is highlighting the organization’s increasing use of solar power to decrease its carbon footprint.
We also linked to the latest “Mailin’ It!” podcast, which focuses on the online shopping returns process.
And there was a cautionary tale from the USPS Office of Inspector General: Two Postal Service employees were sentenced to federal prison time and restitution for their role in stealing U.S. Treasury checks at the New York International Service Center at John F. Kennedy Airport.
Finally, in “Heroes,” Rural Carrier Stephen Sanders was delivering mail in Green Bay, WI, last winter when he saw a toddler in the middle of the road without a jacket.
Sanders checked in with the boy, who said he was “going to see Mom and Dad.” The carrier accompanied the toddler to his home, where the child’s shocked grandmother welcomed the wanderer in.
The boy’s mother later dropped off a thank-you card and expressed her gratitude for Sanders’s help at the Post Office.
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