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Holiday wreaths Forever stamps go on sale Oct. 25

The first-day-of-issue event for the Holiday Wreaths Forever stamps is free and open to the public. Postal Service ushers in the holiday season with four new stamps in a booklet of 20 featuring festive wreaths. Inspired by the holiday decorating traditions of early America, the four wreaths featured on these stamps are classic yet contemporary. The woodland bush ivy and red winterberry wreath presents a classic red and green palette. Add these elegant stamps to your cards and letters to share ho

By USPS| 2019-10-06T17:00:00+00:00 October 6th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

Classic Santa Delivers Holiday Greetings

Classic Santa Delivers Holiday Greetings U.S. “I have no doubt that the Sparkling Holidays stamps will quickly become favorites,” said Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Joseph Corbett. “These four stamps feature classic images of Santa Claus, painted by Haddon Sundblom for The Coca-Cola Company. The Sparkling Holidays stamps, sold in booklets of 20, feature four classic portraits of Santa Claus. The Sparkling Holidays stamps, sold as Forever stamps, are always equal in value t

By USPS| 2018-10-10T17:00:00+00:00 October 10th, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

USPS issuing classic Santa Forever stamps

This October, the Postal Service will ring in the 2018 holiday season with four Sparkling Holidays stamps featuring character-rich close-ups of Santa Claus. Sundblom, a famed commercial artist, depicted a rosy-cheeked, smiling, grandfatherly man in a red suit that came to embody the very essence of “Santa.”The Sparkling Holidays stamps will be issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price. For reporters interested in speaking wit

By USPS| 2018-06-25T17:00:00+00:00 June 25th, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department to be Celebrated on Forever Stamps Featuring Disney Villains

Postal Service celebrates the rich legacy of the Walt Disney Studios Ink & Paint Department by dedicating a sheet of 20 Forever stamps featuring 10 classic Disney villains. The Disney Villains Forever stamps will be dedicated at 1:30 p.m. PDT July 15, during D23 Expo 2017, Disney’s ultimate fan event at the Anaheim Convention Center, Center Stage. The Art of AnimationBeginning in 1923, Disney’s Ink & Paint Department helped create classic animated films. One of the first groups of its kind, Disn

By USPS| 2017-06-21T00:53:00+00:00 June 21st, 2017|companies|0 Comments

Classic engraved images appear on new Forever stamps dedicated today

Postal Service today dedicated a souvenir sheet featuring new engravings of classic 19th-century stamps at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016. NEW YORK CITY — Engraved stamps are much-beloved by stamp collectors, or philatelists as they sometimes are known. This is the first time this feature has been included on Forever stamps. The elaborately designed sheet features new versions of six of America's earliest and most alluring stamps, now issued as Forever stamps to make them easily distinguishable from the mid-19th-century originals. They will be sold only as a complete souvenir sheet of 6 stamps, and the price is $2.82 (6X $0.47).

By USPS| 2016-09-06T23:48:25+00:00 June 1st, 2016|News, shippers, Shipping, usps|0 Comments

FedEx Extends Sponsorship of FedEx St. Jude Classic through 2017

FedEx Extends Sponsorship of FedEx St. Jude Classic through 2017PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. and MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 1, 2015 – The PGA TOUR, tournament host organization Youth Programs, Inc., and Memphis-based FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today that FedEx has extended its title sponsorship of the FedEx St. Jude Classic through 2017. The FedEx St. Jude Classic has raised more than $30 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1970, when the hospital became its sole beneficiary. The 2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic is scheduled for June 8-14 at TPC Southwind, where it has been held since 1989. “It continues to play a vital role in growing the FedEx St. Jude Classic’s impact throughout the Memphis community and, in particular, the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. We are absolutely delighted that FedEx will continue its commitment.”This year marks the 30th anniversary that FedEx has been involved in the sponsorship of the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

By Ship Option| 2016-09-02T06:31:46+00:00 June 1st, 2015|fedex, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

St. Jude Patient Unveils Her Name on FedEx Express Aircraft

St. Jude Patient Unveils Her Name on FedEx Express AircraftMEMPHIS, Tenn. — June 4, 2014 — For the third consecutive year, FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), joined St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® today in dedicating a FedEx Cessna Caravan in honor of a St. Jude patient, the daughter of a FedEx team member. About FedEx St. Jude ClassicThe tournament now known as the FedEx St. Jude Classic was founded in 1958 as the Memphis Open. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org or following St. Jude on facebook.com/stjude and twitter.com/stjude. Dubbed “Operation Purple Eagle,” it was three years ago when FedEx and St. Jude began the tradition of naming a FedEx Caravan airplane after a St. Jude patient who is a FedEx employee’s son or daughter. St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.

By Ship Option| 2016-09-02T06:47:24+00:00 June 4th, 2014|fedex, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

FedEx Extends Title Sponsorship of St. Jude Classic through 2014

“FedEx is happy to continue our long relationship with the FedEx St. Jude Classic and, more importantly, our support of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said T. Michael Glenn, executive vice president of Market Development at FedEx. “FedEx obviously values the impact that the tournament has on the Memphis community and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in particular.”The FedEx St. Jude Classic has raised nearly $25 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1970, when the hospital became its sole beneficiary. The FedEx St. Jude Classic is contested at TPC Southwind, where it has been held since 1989. Scheduled for June 6-12, the FedEx St. Jude Classic is at the front end of the final three-month stretch through the summer that culminates with the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. About PGA TOURThe PGA TOUR is the world’s premier membership organization for touring professional golfers, co-sanctioning more than 100 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour.

By Ship Option| 2016-09-02T07:49:44+00:00 May 17th, 2011|fedex, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

2011 FedEx St. Jude Classic

“FedEx has a long history with the FedEx St. Jude Classic and our continued involvement will allow us to play a key role in supporting the work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said T. Michael Glenn, executive vice president of Market Development at FedEx. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 2, 2010 – FedEx Corp. will become the title sponsor for the FedEx St. Jude Classic for 2011, resuming the role it held for 21 years through 2006. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. “FedEx is proud to support the groundbreaking research being done at St. Jude which impacts the local community and the 30,000 FedEx employees based in Memphis as well as thousands of children and families across the globe.”The 53-year-old tournament, held at TPC Southwind since 1989, has raised nearly $25 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1970, when the hospital became its sole beneficiary. With annual revenues of $36 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand.

By Ship Option| 2016-09-02T08:01:08+00:00 December 2nd, 2010|fedex, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

Winslow Homer Classic Portrait Featured in American Treasures Stamp Series

Postal ServiceJames E. Lee, president, American Stamp Dealers AssociationWade E. Saadi, president, American Philatelic SocietyJacob Cheeks, district manager, Richmond District, U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Winslow Homer, an American artist honoring his works with the issuance of a commemorative stamp. The stamp, which is the ninth in the American Treasures series, features Boys in a Pasture, an 1874 oil-on-canvas painting by Homer. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. Postal Service would rank 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.