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U.S. Postal Service Honors Shel Silverstein With Forever Stamp (2022-08-05): The U.S. Postal Service honored Shel Silverstein with a postage stamp. The stamp features his work The Giving Tree.

U.S. Post Office Issues Flannery O'Connor Stamp (2015-07-12): The U.S. Post Office has issued a Flannery O'Connor stamp. It is part of the Literary Arts series.

U.S. Postal Service Honors Maya Angelou With Forever Stamp (2015-03-06): The U.S. Postal Service is honoring writer Maya Angelou with a Forever Stamp.

U.S. Postal Service Unveils Batman Stamps (2014-10-11): The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a set of Batman stamps to celebrate the comib book superhero's 75th annivesary.

New Irish Postage Stamp Contains Short Story (2013-05-22): A new postage stamp issued by Dublin's General Post Office contains a 224 word short story by Eoin Moore.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Honored With Forever Stamp (2012-08-20): Author Edgar Rice Burroughs has been honored with a Forever stamp by the U.S. Post Office. He is best known for Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars.

U.S. Postal Service Honors Ten Poets With Forever Stamps (2012-04-24): The U.S. Postal Service has honored ten famous 20th century U.S. poets with Forever stamps.

Postal Service Announces Mail Service Slowdown, More Closures (2011-12-05): The U.

Postmaster General: Post Office Will Shut Down By Winter if Congress Doesn't Bail it Out (2011-09-05): The New York Times reports that the U.

U.S. Postal Service Honors Ten Twentieth-Century Poets With Stamps (2011-09-02): The U.S. Postal Service has announced it will launch a stamp series honoring ten poets in 2012.

U.S. Postal Service Honors O. Henry With Forever Stamp (2011-08-06): Writer O. Henry has been honored by a Forever stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service.

U.S. Postal Service Launches Mark Twain Stamp (2011-06-24): Author and humorist Mark Twain has been honored with a Forever stamps by the U.S. Postal Service.

Postage Goes Up -- Yet Again (2007-03-19): U.

France Issues Harry Potter Stamp (2007-03-14): Jo Rowling has had so many exciting things happen to her since she invented Harry Potter and Hogwarts.

Electronic Submissions Pushing SASEs Toward Extinction (2006-12-28): Editors and publishers at some publications jumped on email and started accepting submissions electronically during the 90s when the Internet was first growing as a medium.

DC Comic Book Super Heroes Get Their Own Stamps (2006-07-22): This is amazing.