Blog archives (December 2009)
End of year thanks
As we reach the end of 2009, I want to say “thank you” for reading along over the past few months. Making regular blog posts has proved to be more of a challenge than I anticipated, but I look forward to sharing more interesting items and answering your questions in the future.
I also want to thank Philosateleia’s supporters who have contributed stamps, postcards, and words of encouragement this year.
If you’re using my free stamp album pages, have questions, or just want to say hello, please feel free to send a note to me.
Happy collecting!
Post office closure list keeps shrinking
The USPS is still looking at closing post offices, but there’s a good chance yours is no longer on the list.
Back in August I wrote that nearly 700 post offices across the U.S. could be shut down to save money. Officials later shortened that list to just 241, and this week they announced less than 170 branches are still potentially on the chopping block.
California and Ohio could each lose as many as 25 post offices, according to the latest list [PDF]. Smaller numbers of offices remain under review in other states.
There’s still no word when a final decision will be made on which post offices will close their doors.
Winter update for The Philosateleian
If you live in the U.S., the temperatures have definitely taken a turn toward cold. It’s a great time of year to spend some time indoors with your stamp collection.
To help you with that, the Winter 2009 supplement (180 KB, 3 files, 21 pages) of The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album is now available.
One of the most exciting aspects of this update is the addition of pages for the popular hunting permit or “duck” stamps. If you don’t collect those stamps, there’s no need to print the pages for them, but the pages are there if you need them.
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Enjoy!