Postal History Quotes

The 50s were great because I collected stamps.

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted.

The United States Postal Service is one of America's oldest and most well-loved institutions. Thanks to the Postal Service, families can send letters and packages to loved ones they have not seen in months, small businesses are able to ship products to their customers, and many veterans and seniors can safely receive lifesaving medications.

It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting.

Bringing back stamp collecting and bringing back bridge seems like a pretty good way to fight the modern world.

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.

[Airmail was] an impractical sort of fad, and had no place in the serious job of postal transportation.

The Postal Service is huge - employing more than a half million people - and its history is long and complicated.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

If you look at the origins of the postal service in the U.S., the founding fathers created it to protect democratic rights.