Postmen keep on delivering mail to your posting boxes every day. That’s nice in spite of the fact that all of us gave preference to various e-mail services time out of mind. We opt for 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 an author of a letter take an interest in your personality.

If you want to be well-informed about latest postal news round the world, you’re in the right way.

Breast Cancer Research Semipostal Stamp Extended to 2011. Since the stamp first went on sale in 1998, the Postal Service has sold more than 802 million stamps, raising $59.5 million for breast cancer research. A four-year extension of the Breast Cancer Research (BCRS) semipostal stamp has been approved beyond Dec. 31, 2007.

Postal truck hijacked, looted in Roxbury. A postal worker picking up mail in addition to the day’s receipts from four Roxbury post offices was abducted inside his postal truck and instructed by the robber to drive to a parking lot. Postal Inspector Ken Walker said the driver had picked up bags from post offices at Grove Hall, Uphams Corner, Roxbury and Mission Hill before the robber struck. The postal truck was looted after being hijacked on Malcolm X Boulevard.

Swiss Post Innovates With Virtual Counter. Swiss Post put a new service online to make life easier for its customers. Switzerland’s postal authority is aiming to give Internet users faster access to the services, information and products they need. “The virtual counter was put online on Thursday and at the moment it is innovative mainly in its design and the aspect of play,” company spokeswoman Nathalie Salamin told swissinfo.

DMA Calls for Caution Over Postal Review. The DMA has warned the government not to place an “unrealistic burden” on businesses to fund a universal postal service when it publishes its review next year. Secretary of state for business John Hutton announced the review on 17 December, outlining the government’s commitment to maintain the universal service while investigating the impact of opening the postal market to competition two years ago.

USPS Strategic Transformation Plan 2006–2010 (2007 Update). During 2006-2007, the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and postal stakeholders have been adapting to the changes prescribed by the law. The Postal Service will continue to respond proactively to all requirements of the law, working closely with the mailing industry in the same spirit of collaboration that has characterized its efforts to date. All the same, the Postal Service continues to process and deliver the nation’s mail – 212 billion pieces in 2007.

Presents can be sent by post even in New Year, tells us RussianPost. According to this news, on the eve of New Year and Christmas holidays Russian Post holds customer-oriented policy. Owing to it they can use postal, financial and other services at convenient time. Russian Post worked out special working schedule of post offices for the period from 31st December till 8th January 2008. On 2nd of January post offices of 1st class work from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. or by 12 p.m. As for post offices of 2nd, 3rd and 4th class this day is declared as a holiday. On January 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th post offices work on the week-day schedule.

Archive: Tips for a Successful Holiday Mailing Season. USPS reminds customers of packaging and mailing tips. Whenever possible, customers who receive door delivery are welcome to give their holiday and other mail they are sending to their letter carrier, rather than placing it in a collection box or making a special trip to the post office. Customers who receive curbside delivery may leave their mail in their receptacle for pickup.

Keep an eye on fresh news regarding postal services and mail delivery.

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Just few days remain before Xmas and Boxing Day. These long-expected holydays are around the corner. Be in a hurry for lack of time! Santa Claus is still receiving letters from everyone who behave well. If you don’t know how properly write a message to Santa, you’re on the right way!

Sure thing kids rarely make use of traditional postal service. All those envelopes, letters and postmen are vestiges of the past. It goes without saying that e-mail makes our life easier to some extent. Nevertheless, traditional post and e-mail have pros and cons.

What about Santa Claus? Want to be the first to get an expected gift? How to receive a Personalized Santa Letter? If you want your children receive it, you have to specify: child’s name, gender, age, hometown, accomplishment, present, and best friend’s name! There are 5 example letters just for your kids! Choose one of them, fill up and send by email. It’s simple!

It’s my letter from Santa

By the way, you can compose and mail a letter to Santa specifying following information: Santa Claus, North Pole H0H 0H0, Canada. Don’t forget to include your return address! Learn more about the Santa Letter-writing Program

Facts:

• Last year Santa received more than six million letters
• Last year Finland received letters from 150 countries (representing 90% of the letters received), France from 126 countries, Germany from 80 countries and Slovakia from 20 countries
• The US Postal Service has been answering Santa’s letters since 1912, the Posts of Switzerland and Austria since 1950
• In Canada, Santa has his own postcode – H0H 0H0
• Santa still receives far more letters than e-mail, proving that kids still write letters!!!

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The National Postal Museum is located in the City Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. It was designed by the Graham and Burnham architectural firm and built in 1914. The building also houses the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a local post office. By the way, the National Postal Museum was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993. The Museum occupies 75,000 square feet of the building with 23,000 square feet devoted to exhibition space. The Museum also houses a 6,000-square-foot research library, a stamp store and a museum shop.

What else? The National Postal Museum is divided into galleries that explore America’s postal history from colonial times to the present. Visitors learn how mail has been transported, emphasize the importance of letters, and spotlight the creation and wondrous diversity of postage stamps. Online exhibits will produce an unforgettable impression, because you will learn interesting information about war letters, art of the stamp, see stamps that changed the world and more intelligent content.

The most important point, however, is that the museum gives just about everybody a chance to make a tour of the history of the United States Postal Service and of mail service around the world. Interactive displays accompany visitors with a vast collection of stamps, which you can buy right on the spot. Of course, virtual reality and online tours can hardly take the place of lively descriptions and real presence. The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except December 25. Admission is free.

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