History
Archives: History
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HistoryAn early experiment in automation
A ‘turnkey’ Post Office opened 65 years ago
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HistoryA heroic effort to keep the mail moving
When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago, USPS employees rose to the occasion
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History‘What hath God wrought?’
The Post Office Department opened the first commercial telegraph on April 1, 1845
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HistoryAn evergreen theme
The first U.S. Christmas stamp was issued Nov. 1, 1962
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HistoryThe day the sun rose on USPS
President Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act on Aug. 12, 1970
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HistoryA revolutionary choice
Benjamin Franklin began his tenure as postmaster general on July 26, 1775
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HistoryPostmark: The moon, or thereabouts
The Apollo 11 astronauts made postal history on July 22, 1969
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HistoryThe patriotic way to post during WWII
V-Mail was launched June 15, 1942
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HistoryFaster than express
The missile mail experiment took place on June 8, 1959
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HistoryCold War collaboration
The postal civil defense plan was released May 27, 1955
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HistoryComing in on a wing and a prayer
The first scheduled airmail flight occurred May 15, 1918
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HistoryOne for the ages
The first Forever stamp was issued April 12, 2007
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HistoryIt was fast, it didn’t last long but it left a legacy
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HistoryOne committee’s stamps of approval
The panel that helps select stamp subjects was formed in 1957
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HistoryA pipe dream realized
The first postal pneumatic tube system debuted in Philadelphia in 1893
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HistoryBlack Heritage: Stamps with staying power
The popular series debuted 46 years ago
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HistoryHappy birthday, Mr. Franklin
The first postmaster general was born 318 years ago