Post office

This Is How Letters to Santa Were First Delivered by the U.S. Mail

By Merrill Fabry

Here’s How the Post Office Is Taking On UPS, FedEx, and Amazon

By Claire Groden / Fortune

Dad Receives Father's Day Card From Son—20 Years After His Death

By Tanya Basu

Connecticut Postal Worker Said to Steal Drugs From Mail Sentenced to Prison

By Noah Rayman
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Surprise! Americans Actually Love the Post Office

Poll finds that the beleaguered USPS is the nation's most-liked government agency

By Josh Sanburn

How Amazon Could Save the Post Office's Holidays

The U.S. Postal Service begins 7-day holiday delivery this week

By Josh Sanburn

The Mail Man Quits

Amazon, booze and benefit cuts: How Patrick Donahoe tried to remake the struggling U.S. Postal Service

By Josh Sanburn

USPS Tracked Mail, Report Says

An internal audit raised concerns over mail-tracking oversight

By Justin Worland

This Plan Could Save the Post Office From Extinction

Go to the post office, send a package, pick up some stamps and deposit your paycheck or pay a bill? That’s the newest idea for rescuing the cash-strapped USPS floated in a report published by...

By Martha C. White

In Praise of . . . Wait for It . . . the U.S. Postal Service

LIFE.com offers a series of pictures made by LIFE photographers through the years — images that pay tribute to mail carriers and to the often-maligned postal service as a whole.

By Ben Cosgrove
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