Mailmen keep on delivering mail to your mailboxes every day. That’s nice in spite of the fact that all of us opt for various e-mail services time out of mind. We show preference to writing either festive or business letters for some occasions. Traditional letters can be delivered some time later than by email, but hard paper shows in what way a sender of a letter takes an interest in your personality.

Stick to the fresh news Rockdrift.com gathered from all over the web at your service to make it clear what’s going on in postal service area.

• First of all, I can’t pass the USPS news. The national US postal service issues various collections of postage stamps dedicated to meaningful cultural events. Sporting activities of universal importance as the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing demand a special attention on the USPS side. Thus, the United States Postal Service issued the Olympic Games commemorative stamp, which is being issued to coincide with the games of the XXIX Olympiad, which will be held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China.

Furthermore, speaking about postage stamps and postal news concerning the USPS, we can’t but miss a new release of a best-selling author James Michener and a noted physician Dr. Edward Trudeau images, imprinted on stamps.

Postal service launched expedited legal-sized envelopes. Unlike envelopes from other carriers, Express Mail and Priority Mail may be delivered to mailboxes, mail slots and P.O. Boxes, making it the most secure option for legal-sized documents in the U.S.

• Improved Postal Service Depends On Open Market, Says Comreg. ComReg, the communications regulator, has said the development of innovation in the postal service and the provision of better value will only be achieved if An Post’s dominant position “does not foreclose” on the emergence of a fully competitive market.

• New Express Couriers Joint Venture in Australia. New Zealand Post formed Express Couriers Australia Pty Limited (ECA), a 50:50 joint venture with Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), for the ownership and operation of express courier businesses in Australia.

• New Research Helps Pinpoint Mail’s True Environmental Impact - New Pitney Bowes White Paper. According to the research’s findings, mail is a small component of most consumers’ carbon footprint and made from an increasingly renewable resource: trees. In other words, the mailing industry influences the environmental sustainability, therefore there should be taken measures for environmental protection and rational use of natural resources.

The most important point, however, is that the use of electronic gadgets to receive and send messages might as well protect us from negative consequences like a deforestation. Reading news, chatting, discussions, etc. by means of gadgetry is a main way to save our time, money and nature.

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