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\"\"<\/a>The U.S. Postal Service celebrates global mail delivery with a uniquely shaped, round, postage stamp.\u00a0 This stamp will be good for global delivery FOREVER.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the Postal Service\u2019s first ever international Forever stamp, Sending international First-Class Mail has become more convenient. The Global Forever stamp allows customers to send First-Class Mail International weighing up to 1 ounce anywhere in the world for $1.10. The stamp also can be used to mail letters weighing up to 2 ounces to Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just like domestic Forever stamps, the Global Forever stamp remains valid even with any future changes in the price of First-Class Mail International.\u00a0 The stamp features an image of the Earth created with a composite of images from satellite and 3D computer technology data. It\u2019s available in panes of 20.<\/p>\n

Premium Forwarding Service – By using Premium Forwarding Service (PFS), Postal Service customers can continue receiving their mail while they\u2019re away from home and living at temporary residences anywhere in the U.S.\u00a0 Customers can use PFS from 15 days to 1 year. For a one-time enrollment fee and an additional weekly flat fee, USPS packages and reships the mail by Priority Mail once each week.\u00a0 The enrollment fee for PFS is $15, and the weekly shipment fee is $17.<\/p>\n

You can enroll in PFS online at usps.com or at your local Post Office. If you enroll online, you also can update or pay online.\u00a0 If you apply for PFS at a Post Office, you must provide two forms of ID and evidence of residence at the primary address listed in the application. If you enroll at a Post Office, you also must pay for and update the PFS service at the same Post Office.\u00a0\u00a0 USPS usually reships bundled PFS mail on Wednesdays. However, Express Mail items are forwarded without delay. USPS reroutes separately and at no extra cost First-Class Mail items that don\u2019t fit in a weekly PFS shipment.<\/p>\n

USPS Mobile App – The Postal Service has added new functionality to the popular Post Office (PO) Locator feature on the USPS Mobile App for customers with Android, Blackberry and iPhone smartphones to find Postal Provider and pickup locations.\u00a0 The updated PO Locator also includes a search function to find specific postal locations with passport and other services.\u00a0 The enhancements add to the app\u2019s list of functions that allow customers to track and confirm a shipment, calculate shipping prices, scan shipping labels and QR codes, schedule next day pickups, order mailing supplies, put mail on hold and look up ZIP codes.<\/p>\n

Tracking Included – In fiscal year 2011, USPS moved over 2 billion packages\u2014a number that continues to increase as more and more consumers shop online.\u00a0 According to New Products and Innovation Vice President Gary Reblin, \u201cThe Postal Service is committed to identifying eCommerce growth opportunities to further strengthen its shipping business.\u201d\u00a0 And, there are USPS products to do just that. Parcel Post has been renamed Standard Post.\u00a0 While service standards are the same, Standard Post packages now receive USPS Tracking at no additional charge.<\/p>\n

This is a new chapter in the history of Parcel Post, which recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. It was at midnight Jan. 1, 1913, that Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock and New York Postmaster Edward Morgan shipped packages addressed to each other, racing to be the first American to use the fledgling service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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