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A World Without the Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service, one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the U.S. Constitution, has seen better days. After a plan by the post office to end most Saturday mail delivery, a proposed federal budget mandated six-day delivery, despite post office officials' contention THE POST OFFICE A WORLD WITHOUT that the independent federal agency needs to trim costs. With steadily declining revenue, the specter of a world without the U.S. Postal Service becomes more plausible each year. 31,272 POSTAL SERVICE-MANAGED 212,530 RETAIL OFFICES 40% 438,000,000 VEHIKLES, ONE OF THE LARGEST CIVILIAN FLEETS IN THE WORLD WORLD'S MAIL PIECES OF MAIL PROCESSED EVERY DAY VOLUME HANDLED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE $65 BILLION 2012 REVENUE 8 MILLION EPSTAFE Pasra EMPLOYEES TAX DOLLARS RECEIVED FOR 1.3 BILLION OPERATIONS 5.7 MILLION MILES DRIVEN EACH YEAR BY LETTER CARRIERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED EVERY YEAR USPS.COM 423 MILLION 152 MILLION ANNUAL VISITS TO USPS.COM TOTAL DELIVERY POINTS FE BLAME IT ON GMAIL? MAIL VOLUME FALLS 2n 3 With easy, free access to email, and thus email marketing, the demand for mail has fallen over the past decade. Americans who have access to email; that is expected to rise to 72% by 2017. POSTAL VOLUME AND PREDICTED EMAIL VOLUME 838 billion TOTAL MAIL VOLUME ADVERTISING MAIL VOLUME 211.78 206.IB 213.IB 212.2B 202.7B EMAIL MARKETING MESSAGES 202.IB 17IB 168B 1608 90.5B 95.6B 100.9B 102.5B 103.5B 82.7B 82.5B 84.7B 79.5B 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ar 66 MORE THAN MAIL: OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH STAMPS The fare for sending a letter-the stamp-is a huge part of U.S. culture. We celebrate with holiday-themed stamps; we raise money with charity stamps; and we collect old stamps, well, because they're cool. MOST VALUABLE STAMPS INVERTED JENNY YEAR: 1918 DENOMINATION: 24 CENTS U.S.I CURRENT VALUE: NEARLY $I MILLION CENTS 24 ONE CEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GEORGE WASHINGTON YEAR: 1867 YEAR: 1867 YEAR: 1867 DENOMINATION: DENOMINATION: DENOMINATION: 15 CENTS 1 CENT 3 CENTS CURRENT VALUE: CURRENT VALUE: CURRENT VALUE: $935,000 $220,000 $160,000 CHARITY Stamps sold slightly above the cost of a regular stamp, semi-postal stamps raise funds for causes identified by Congress. BREAST CANCER BREAST CANCER RESEARCH INTRODUCED: 1998 RAISED SO FAR: 2011 $76.3 MILLION FOR BREAST CANCER FUND THE RESEARCH SAVE VANISHING SPECIES INTRODUCED: 2011 RAISED SO FAR: USA FIRST-CLASS $1.8 MILLION USA First-Class TO SUPPORT MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS The post office has released dozens of commemorative stamps over the years, whether related to music, entertainment or Americana. Here are the most collected commemorative stamps. 29 ELVIS 1993 ELVIS 124.1 MILLION OLDEST WONDERS OF AMERICA 2006 87.5 MILLION BRISTLECONE PINES WILDFLOWERS 1992 76.1 MILLION Lap-owerod Tillum 29 ROCK AND ROLL/ RHYTHM & BLUES 1993 BUDDY HOLLY 75.9 MILLION 39 DC COMICS SUPER HEROES 2006 73.0 MILLION Greeting fron GREETINGS FROM AMERICA 2002 714 MILLION USA 33, INSECTS AND SPIDERS 1999 61.0 MILLION Assassin bug 29 USA ART OF DISNEY: ROMANCE 2006 57.2 MILLION USA LEGENDS OF BASEBALL 2000 53.9 MILLION BABE RUTH 37 usa ART OF DISNEY: CELEBRATION 2005 52.8 MILLION USA34 BASEBALL PLAYING FIELDS 2001 49.0 MILLION 37 USA ART OF DISNEY: FRIENDSHIP 2004 47.7 MILLION CIVIL WAR 1995 46.6 MILLION Abraham Lincoln HOME RANGE LEGENDS OF THE WEST 1994 USA 29 46.4 MILLION MARILYN MONROE 1995 46.4 MILLION B-29 Superfortress ADVANCES IN AVIATION 2005 USA37 45.8 MILLION 32 USA BUGS BUNNY 1997 UUI MILLION HAPPY NEW YEAR! LUNAR NEW YEAR 2005 37 42.7 MILLION Thimble Theatre RPYE COMIC STRIP CLASSICS 1995 USA 40.8 MILLION USA JIM HENSON: MUPPETS 2005 40.6 MILLION SOURCES: U.S. Postal Service - findyourstampsvalue.com - eMarketer NumberSleuth.org ...... .......... USA VSn Save Vanishing Species

A World Without the Post Office

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What would we do without the post office? This infographic imagines a lack of the postal service in America, and what the consequences would be. via http://www.numbersleuth.org/trends/usps/

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