United States Postal Service in The List of Post Office Closings 2009
United States Postal Service United States Postal Service in The List of Post Office Closings 2009. The United States Postal Service which is also called USPS s an independent agency of the United States governmentesponsible for providing postal service in the United States.
Within the United States, it is commonly referred to as the Post Office, Postal Service, U.S. Mail or simply USPS. The first postal service in America arose in February of 1692 when a grant from King William & Queen Mary empowered Thomas Neale “to erect, settle and establish within the chief parts of their majesties’ colonies and plantations in America, an office or offices for the receiving and dispatching letters and pacquets, and to receive, send and deliver the same under such rates and sums of money as the planters shall agree to give, and to hold and enjoy the same for the term of twenty-one years.
In October 2008, the Postal Service released Vision 2013,a five-year plan required by law starting in 1993.
One planned improvement is the introduction of the Intelligent Mail Barcode, which will allow pieces of mail to be tracked through the delivery system, as competitors like UPS and FedEx currently do.
On May 11, 2009, the price of a First-Class Mail stamp rose to 44 cents.
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