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U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100,000 LocationsThursday, May 26, 2011 @ 1:53PMWASHINGTON – With nearly 100,000 places to buy stamps, ship a package or renew a passport, the U.S. Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products and services. It's not about brick-and- mortar

U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100,000 LocationsThursday, May 19, 2011 @ 9:00AMFind Nearest Neighborhood Site at www.uspseverywhere.com

Stamp honors 1st American in space, Alan Shepard, on eve of 50th anniversary of Mercury flightWednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 4:58PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first American in space, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, was honored with his own stamp Wednesday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his flight. The Postal Service dedicated the Forever stamp Wednesday to commemorate Shepard’s suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. He is the first astronaut to be honored, all by himself, on a stamp. Twenty Shepard family members ...

USPS Commemorates Spaceflight Past and PresentTuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 10:19PMPostage stamps honoring Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, America’s first man in space, and NASA’s MESSENGER probe, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, will be presented on May 4th at a public event taking place at the Aviation Heritage Park in Dayton, Ohio.(...)Read the rest of USPS Commemorates Spaceflight Past and Present (241 words) © Jason [...]

New stamps honor Alan Shepard, space missionTuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 8:30PMIn this image released by the USPS, Alan Shepard, left and the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, are seen on the new Forever postage stamps to issued by the USPS on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center. (AP Photo/USPS)

New United States Postal Service First-Class Stamp Shows Wrong Statue of LibertyWednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 5:56PMThe Lady Liberty first class postage stamp. Just as the post office was hoping to promote going green, it finds itself red-faced. It turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty actually is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue. AP Photo/USPS.

The U.S. Postal Service and British Royal Mail Team Up to Sell Official Royal Wedding CollectiblesWednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 4:51PMOwn A Piece of History

USPS left red-faced after using Vegas replica for Lady Liberty stampsSaturday, April 16, 2011 @ 7:34AMIt accidentally picked a replica outside a Las Vegas casino instead of the true Lady in New York Harbour.

Oops! Lady Liberty stamp shows wrong statueFriday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:43PMIt turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue.