{"id":16291,"date":"2023-08-11T07:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T11:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=16291"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:33:47","slug":"usps-to-familiarize-employees-about-its-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=16291","title":{"rendered":"USPS to Familiarize Employees with Its Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a seminar sponsored by the American First Day Cover Society at Great American <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16292\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gass23_bobb-semple.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>Stamp Show 2023 in Cleveland, officials of U.S. Postal Service&#8217;s Stamp Services department revealed they have embarked on an effort to familiarize postal workers with the stamps it issues. &#8220;The USPS wants to increase awareness&#8221; about new stamps, acting manager Lisa Bobb-Semple (left) said. That includes direct-mail to some employees describing and depicting the new issues.<\/p>\n<p>Too often, postal clerks say they had not heard about an issue that has been released, or expressed amazement at the new designs. A few even have refused to honor new issues they don&#8217;t recognize.<\/p>\n<p>Many, if not all, post offices do receive posters and counter-mats showing new issues. The new issues are also shown and described, in detail, in the biweekly <em>Postal Bulletin<\/em>, which all supervisory personnel are supposed to read.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Stamp Services, the actual retail operations of the USPS fall under another department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a seminar sponsored by the American First Day Cover Society at Great American Stamp Show 2023 in Cleveland, officials of U.S. Postal Service&#8217;s Stamp Services department revealed they have embarked on an effort to familiarize postal workers with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=16291\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16296,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16291\/revisions\/16296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}