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Read the latest news from the United States Postal Service (USPS). Learn about the USPS new stamp releases, postage stamp rate updates and more!

Although England is credited with the invention of Postage Stamps by Sir Rowland Hill on 1840 with the issuance of the famous "Penny Black" and "Two Pence Blue" to improve the then crude postal system, significantly across the English Channel, France in 1849 followed the British lead in reforming their own postal system, not just by issuing their 1st version of stamps to facilitate communications thru the "mails" for the French Empire of 1880 to 1900 and for its "Community of Nations" after World War II. In fact, France was among the first group of countries in the world which...

Read the latest news from the United States Postal Service (USPS). Learn about the USPS new stamp releases, postage stamp rate updates and more!

Read the latest news from the United States Mint (USM). Learn about the USM new coin releases, coin rate updates and more!