The Post Office at 250: Still Making Connections

The U.S. Postal Service is at the heart of a postal system still dedicated to tying our country together today. Here’s one example: Recently, it issued “250 Years of Delivering,” a pane of 20 stamps by cartoonist Chris Ware that shows a carrier delivering mail across four seasons of the year.

Kind of like the unofficial motto inscribed on New York City’s Farley Building: “Neither snow nor rain nor sleet nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds.”

According to a study by the Envelope Manufacturers Association, the industry accounts for 7.9 million jobs. Even more than USPS, that’s a lot of jobs in print, packaging, paper, and private delivery! There are a lot of people in workforces and businesses who use ink on paper to bring ideas to life.

We’ve come a long way since the days of Franklin, railway mail, and big gleaming buildings made of limestone, granite, and marble.

But the public service task remains the same. And improvements in printing, marketing, and automation technology make mail more relevant than ever.

The Post Office at 250: Still Making Connections

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