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Why Today is the Peak Mail Day of 2016

By Julia Zorthian

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

This Maya Angelou Stamp Has a Quote From Another Poet

By Kevin McSpadden
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Maya Angelou Quote on Forever Stamp Comes Under Scrutiny

Washington Post columnist says Joan Walsh Auglund actually coined the quote

By Maya Rhodan

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

Brooklyn Mailman Hoarded 40,000 Letters

No word on whether he was grooving to all our love letters

By Justin Worland

Jimi Hendrix Honored On U.S. Postage Stamp

The United States Postal Service released a new Forever stamp honoring the late '60s rock guitarist as part of its Music Icons series

By David Chiu

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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