USPS" and "Usps" redirect here. For other uses, see USPS (disambiguation).
United States Postal Service
Type
Government-owned corporation
Founded
1775
Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
Key people
John E. Potter, Postmaster General
Industry
Courier
Products
First Class mail, Domestic Mail, Logistics
Revenue
$69.0 billion USD (2004)
Employees
700,000
Slogan
Fly Like An Eagle.
Website
www.usps.com
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an "independent establishment of the executive branch" of the United States Government (see 39 U.S.C. § 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. Within the United States, it is colloquially referred to simply as "the post office."
Contents[hide]
1 History
2 Today
3 Statutory monopoly
3.1 Arguments against "mail monopoly"
4 Law enforcement agencies
4.1 U.S. Postal Inspection Service
4.2 USPS Office of Inspector General
5 Types of postal facilities
5.1 Evolutionary Network Development (END) program
6 Addressing envelopes
6.1 Mail sorting
7 Major products and services
7.1 First-class mail
7.2 Periodicals
7.3 Standard Mail
7.4 Bulk Mail
7.5 Parcel Post
7.6 Media Mail
7.6.1 Library Mail
7.7 Priority Mail
7.8 Registered Mail
7.9 Express Mail
7.10 Postal money orders
7.11 Global services
7.12 Airline and rail division
8 Add-on services
8.1 Delivery confirmation
8.2 Signature confirmation
8.3 Insurance
8.4 Certified Mail
8.5 Collect On Delivery (C.O.D.)
9 Air Mail and Pony Express trademarks
10 Postage stamps
10.1 Copyright and reproduction
10.2 PC postage
10.3 Customized postage
11 Affiliation with Online Postage Providers
12 Sponsorships
13 Employment in the USPS
14 Public reputation
14.1 As violent
14.2 As dedicated
15 Trivia
16 See also
16.1 Unions of the U.S. Postal Service
17 Gallery of USPS post offices
18 Gallery of USPS mailboxes
19 References
20 External links
History
Running pony logo used before 1970 before the "Department" became a "service".
The first postal service in America arose on February, 1692 when a grant from William and Mary empowered Thomas Neale "to erect, settle and establish within the chief parts of their majesties' colonies and plantations in America, an office or offices for the%
