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21 unusual facts about United States Postal Service


Andy Hansen

After tying his career high with five victories in 1952, Hansen went winless in 1953 and had a short tenure with the minor-league Hollywood Stars before retiring and beginning a 31-year career with the United States Postal Service.

Antoniazzo Romano

A portion of his Madonna and Child with Donor from the Houston, Texas Museum of Fine Arts was chosen as the art masterpiece United States Postal Service's Christmas stamp for 1991.

Cameron Davidson

In October 2012 the United States Postal Service have issued a series of stamps dedicated to clouds called Earthscapes, with one of the images being his.

Charlotte May Pierstorff

Charlotte May Pierstorff (1908–1987) was mailed alive through the United States Postal Service.

Cretors

On July 7, 1988, the United States Postal Service issued a 16.7 cent postage stamp that featured an illustration of the Cretors 1902 Model of the No. 1 Wagon.

Data quality

Government agencies began to make postal data available to a few service companies to cross-reference customer data with the National Change of Address registry (NCOA).

Doyers Street

The street is the site of several restaurants and the Chinatown branch of the United States Postal Service at 6 Doyers St.

Ducky Detweiler

He finished his employment days as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1984 after 20 years of service.

Federal Employees' Distributing Company

It was founded by 800 U.S. Post Office employees who wanted to leverage their buying power by purchasing goods directly from wholesalers, and eliminate the additional markup of a retail store.

Jeff Crook

Jeff Crook is a novelist, author, and former technical writer for the United States Postal Service.

Johann Martin Schleyer

According to his own report, the idea of an international language arose out of a conversation he had with one of his parishioners, a semi-literate German peasant whose son had emigrated to America and could no longer be reached by mail because the United States Postal Service couldn't read the father's handwriting.

Marko Dapcevich

As of 1998, Dapcevich has worked as a mailman for the United States Postal Service.

Martin MB-1

Six surviving aircraft were later modified and used by the United States Postal Service as mail carriers.

Niagara, New York

Both Niagara, NY, and Town of Niagara, NY, are not acceptable, according to the United States Postal Service, when writing an address.

Norman N. Hsu

Hsu immigrated to the United States in 1979, and was employed by the United States Postal Service in 1981.

Petersburgh, New York

The U.S. Postal Service treats the name as unacceptable in mailing addresses, preferring "Petersburg".

Scott Stenzel

Stenzel was born on July 28, 1980 in Mankato, Minnesota and lived in Wells, Minnesota for the first eight years of his life, before moving to Alexandria, Minnesota when his father transferred positions within the United States Postal Service.

Stephen Hickman

His most widely circulated effort is a series of space fantasy postage stamps done for the United States Postal Service.

The Bizarro Jerry

Vargus, a FedEx worker, is good friends with Kevin, opposed to Newman, a postal worker and mutual enemies with Jerry.

Thomas E. Franklin

In 2002, the United States Postal Service introduced the "Heroes" stamp, featuring the flag-raising photo.

Tommy Merritt

From 1971 to 1974, Merritt worked as an inspector for the United States Postal Service.


Alfred B. Mullett

Although widely dismissed as "an obscure draftsman" from Cincinnati, he used political skill to get appointed Supervising Architect in 1866, and so designed fireproof federal buildings across the nation, particularly custom houses, post offices and courthouses.

Cherry Creek, Nevada

Wells Fargo opened a station in Cherry Creek, and the Cherry Creek post office also opened for business in 1873.

Con-way

After the acquisition of Purolator and a United States Postal Service contract dispute, EWA suffered two maintenance-related crashes in the 1990s and was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Congressional Post Office scandal

A new investigation was started by the United States Postal Service, which eventually submitted a report which was held in silence by Speaker Thomas Foley (D-WA) until media reports of embezzlement and money laundering leaked out in 1992.

Daffy Duck for President

Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp.

Dear Santa

The special focused on Santa Claus (voiced by Tom Kane) granting the wishes of children via letters from Operation Santa of the United States Postal Service, and having the kids' favorite celebrities, such as Clay Aiken, Raven-Symoné, Hilary Duff, and Tony Hawk help grant the wishes.

Distinguished Americans series

The Distinguished Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service which was started in 2000 with a 10¢ stamp depicting Joseph Stilwell.

GlobalHell

A few of the systems they broke into include those of United States Army, the White House, United States Cellular, Ameritech and the US Postal Service.

McCook Daily Gazette

The U.S. Mail was expensive, since postage rates for newspapers had been raised drastically by the War Revenue Act of 1917; it also took several days for the papers to reach some customers.

Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon

Mount Hood Parkdale is the official United States Postal Service-designated name of the combined post offices of the communities of Mount Hood and Parkdale in the U.S. state of Oregon.

National Pony Express Association

This event attracted state and national attention with included the participation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the issuing of a commemorative coin by the United States Department of Treasury and the United States Postal Service.

Saginaw, Texas

The town was renamed Saginaw in 1882 by Jarvis J. Green (after his first choice of "Pontiac" was rejected by the United States Postal Service), who had lived and worked on Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.

Utilimaster Corporation

Utilimaster's customers include FedEx, United States Postal Service, UPS, Canada Post, Purolator, Airborne, Budget, Penske, Ryder TRS, Frito-Lay, Keebler, Krispy Kreme, IBC, Canadian Linen and Uniform Service, Cintas, AmeriPride, Verizon, Apria Health Care, and Home Depot.

Warrendale, Pennsylvania

It is the home to the corporate headquarters of Rue 21, American Eagle Outfitters, Joy Mining Machinery and SAE International, as well as the United States Postal Service Pittsburgh Network Distribution Center, one of 21 such mail delivery hubs in the country.