We were pleasantly surprised to see today’s Google Doodle. If you love snailmail like we do, then you probably recognize the style of today’s Google Doodle from Robert Indiana, whose work was used to create a “Love” U. S. postage stamp in 1973. Do you have a favorite Valentine card, story or stamp? If so, more »
It’s the time of year when business picks up at the post office as people across the country get into the holiday spirit. There are gifts and packages to ship, and about 1.9 billion Christmas cards to send. Greeting cards have actually been around for most of recorded history, going back to ancient China. Europeans more »
We’ve talked about the most famous American postage stamp. But the Inverted Jenny, though highly valuable, is not the rarest. That honor belongs to the stamp known as the Z Grill. In the stamp world, a grill is a pattern of indentations pressed into the paper. These indentations serve two purposes: first, they allow the more »