Useless Facts About The Postal Service
Sometime before 1883 advertising for various products was printed on the back of U.S. three-cent stamps.
The world's largest post office is the head post office in Chicago, Illinois. The smallest post office in the world is located in Ochopee, Florida.
When stamps were first issued, they had no gum on the back.
If paste was not available, mailers sometimes pinned or even sewed stamps to envelopes.
In 2008, stamp and retail sales at the Postal Store totaled more than $442 million.
Recycles more than one million tons of materials annually.
Handles more than 41 million change-of-address cards each year as a free service to the 17% of the nation's population that moves each year.
Delivers more in one day than FedEx does in a year, and more in three days than UPS does in a year.
Operates a $5.5 billion transportation network that includes more than 200,000 vehicles and contract space on approximately 15,000 commercial flights daily.
The postal service is listed by Fortune Magazine as 29th on a list of the world's largest companies. Working with an annual budget of nearly 1% of the United States economy.
Delivers more in one day than FedEx does in a year, and more in three days than UPS does in a year.
The world's largest post office is the head post office in Chicago, Illinois. The smallest post office in the world is located in Ochopee, Florida.
When stamps were first issued, they had no gum on the back.
If paste was not available, mailers sometimes pinned or even sewed stamps to envelopes.
In 2008, stamp and retail sales at the Postal Store totaled more than $442 million.
Recycles more than one million tons of materials annually.
Handles more than 41 million change-of-address cards each year as a free service to the 17% of the nation's population that moves each year.
Delivers more in one day than FedEx does in a year, and more in three days than UPS does in a year.
Operates a $5.5 billion transportation network that includes more than 200,000 vehicles and contract space on approximately 15,000 commercial flights daily.
The postal service is listed by Fortune Magazine as 29th on a list of the world's largest companies. Working with an annual budget of nearly 1% of the United States economy.
Delivers more in one day than FedEx does in a year, and more in three days than UPS does in a year.
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