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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an "independent establishment of the executive branch" of the United States government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the United States; it is generally referred to within the United States as "the post office."
The postal service was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July 26, 1775 by decree of the Second Continental Congress. Based on a clause in the United States Constitution empowering Congress "To establish Post Offices and post Roads," it became the Post Office Department in 1792. In 1971, the department was reorganized as a quasi-independent agency of the federal government and acquired its present name.
The USPS is the third-largest employer in the United States (after the United States Department of Defense and Wal-Mart) and operates the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world, with an estimated 170,000 vehicles, the majority of which are the easily identified "USPS Mail Trucks," as shown in the pictures below. Some mail carriers use personal vehicles. Standard postal service vehicles do not have license plates; instead, a truck is identified by blue numbers on its back.
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The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on January 6, 2010 to expect your package for mailing. Yay
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United States Postal Service (USPS) - USPS home page providing access to services, products, employment opportunities, and general agency information.
Meta Description: [ Get shipping rates, buy stamps, print postage, track a package, look up a ZIP Code® - Find the mailing products and services you need at USPS.com. ]
Delivery Confirmation - Allows for online tracking of Priority Mail and Parcel Post.
Views - An electronic newsletter for postal employees.
Meta Description: [ Postal Workers and Postal Employees Place for Postal News - A Web site connecting U.S. Postal employees to postal news and information, benefits, postal reform, usps,postal news, ]
Complete Mover's Guide from the USPS - Includes a change of address form in downloadable format. Must be signed and delivered to local post office.
Meta Description: [ This is the official web site for changing your address with the United States Postal Service (USPS). Update your address here to have your mail forwarded to your new home or apartment. ]
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Post Office Locator - Search function for locating the nearest post office to your home or business.
Postage Rates and Fees - Domestic and international rates and fees for residential and commercial customers. Includes link to rate calculators.
Meta Description: [ This page contains information about postage rates. ]
Postal News Online - Daily digest of online news about the US Postal Service.
Postal Workers Online - A resource for postal employees. Contains postal news, benefits and employment information, postal links, and mutual transfer board.
Meta Description: [ A Web site for all employees of the U.S. Postal Service. Contains postal news, information, links, benefits info, and more. ]
The Postal Store - Buy stamps, gifts, mailing products, and commemorative stamp items online.
United States Postal Inspection Service - Federal law enforcement agents responsible for enforcing more than 200 federal statutes that deal with the United States Postal Service and the U.S. Mail. News, online mail fraud complaint form, and wanted posters.
USPS Abbreviations Glossary - Unofficial postal abbreviations, acronyms, terms, MODS numbers, and trademarks glossary by Douglas Boynton Quine.
Meta Description: [ United States Postal Service (USPS) acronym glossary and definition list. Links are provided to other Postal and Philatelic Web Sites by Douglas Boynton Quine. ]
ZIP Code Look-Up - Automated zip code look-up and address information.
Meta Description: [ Look up a zip code. ]
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