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I am convince that we no longer receive six days of delivery by the post office. What do you think?

Say goodbye to the same-day postmark

Last week the Postal Service posted a proposed rule in the Federal Register to revise the section of the Domestic Mail Manual that involves postmarking. The purpose of the rule, entitled “Postmarks and Postal Possession,” is to educate the public about postmarks. It discusses the history of postmarks, how they’re applied, how they’re used by government agencies and the private sector, and so on.

But all of this information serves primarily as background. The main purpose of the rule is to inform customers that they can no longer expect a postmark to show the date a piece was mailed.

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