When dealing with more than 700 million parcels a day, you need to have your faculties in line to ensure timely delivery. The USPS handles that many packages daily throughout its network. To effectively ensure that all these items get delivered on time and intact, they get split into service levels. Service levels will determine … Read more

When you have a stamp collection at home, whether it has recently been inherited or is gathering dust in an attic somewhere, it may serve you well to have it valued. As a result of stamp sales for collectors becoming an online fad in recent years, older stamps are coming up everywhere. And, new people … Read more

When looking for a hobby that doesn’t involve expensive travel and potentially inedible food along the way, or death-defying stunts, look no further. Collecting stamps may seem to have the stigma that it is an older person’s game, but that is a far cry from the truth. Philatelic is the term used for stamp collectors … Read more

Once you have decided to be a philatelic enthusiast, there can be many benefits to collecting a host of different stamps. One of those is the value that some stamps collect. While unearthing rare and valuable stamps is not a common occurrence these days, it can still happen. When one of these gems gets found, … Read more

When you need to send a parcel or letter through the mail, how do you decide what service is the best? And what service will get the package delivered in the best time frame? Sending mail or packages should be an easy task to accomplish but, with all the options and delays out there today, … Read more

It may seem peculiar, but posting has been around since before stamps came into effect. Historically, parcels and letters got mailed on a cash-on-delivery basis where the receiver had to pay for the postage. Postal services ran into financial problems when receivers often had no money to pay for the delivery causing losses. Stamps came … Read more

Philately is the study of postage stamps. Who knew that there was so much to stamps that there was a study to its parts? Postage stamps are not just a little sticker placed in the top right-hand corner of the envelope that holds them. They are intricately designed morsels with an abundance of information printed … Read more

If you are not close to a post office, where can you buy stamps close to you? Walgreens has been around for 120 years, founded in Chicago, Illinois, and over 9000 stores distributed throughout the US. This megastore is the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States. In 2013 Walgreens announced opening their first green … Read more

There are over 14 billion letters and 1 billion parcels mailed each year. That is a lot of stamps stuck onto the top righthand corner of an envelope or package. When was the last time you made use of the US Postal Service? And more importantly, how many stamps are there in a book of … Read more

Introduction Where to sell stamps? It’s not a big question today. If there’re some or more unused stamps, which you bought from any of the US post offices or an authorized reseller, you can easily resell them. It’s legal to sell your stamps, at any price of your choice, necessarily not on the face value. … Read more