3 d. ago Postal Service unveils new Muhammad Ali stamp in champ's hometown

Postal officials have unveiled a commemorative stamp of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky

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6 d. ago Muhammad Ali will be honored with a commemorative US postage stamp

Muhammad Ali is being honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp

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2 w. ago Last letters from Denmark: Danes write to Devon artist as postal service ends

Closure of country’s 400-year-old service made headlines and prompted Gillian Taylor to appeal for final missivesSome describe the joy of receiving dispatches from far afield, others speak of the discipline of sitting down to carefully order their thoughts in a letter.One writer tells of finding a poignant cache of letters after a parent’s death, while another has shared a map of where the postboxes used to be in her town. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I tried. I felt everything’: readers tell us how they would use their last chance to send a letter

With the Danish postal service ending its letter deliveries, we asked what you would put in your final envelopeAt the end of December, the Danish postal service will deliver its last letter, focusing on packages, citing the “increasing digitalisation” of society.While the public will still be able to send letters through the distributor DAO, it made us think about how we would use that last chance to send a letter. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall

The Danish postal service has announced it will cease deliveries from 30 December after 400 years. Eventually, other countries may go down a similar routePredictions of the demise of letter writing are not new. The invention of the telegraph and the rise of the postcard were both seen as potential threats to a more leisurely, reflective form of communication. Yet by the close of the 20th century, more letters were being sent than ever, as social correspondence began to be supplemented by a boom in business mail.From Europe’s most tech-savvy society, however, comes ominous news. As of next week, Denmark’s state-run postal service will end all letter deliveries after doing the rounds for 400 years. Around 1,500 jobs are being cut, and the country’s beloved red letterboxes are being sold off. It will still be possible for Danes to send a card or a love letter to someone far away next Christmas, but only via the shops of a smaller private company or a costly home collection.Do you have ...

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3 w. ago Cyberattack disrupts France's postal service and banking during Christmas rush

A suspected cyberattack has knocked France’s national postal service and its banking arm offline during the busy Christmas season

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3 w. ago Linlithgow MSP visits Royal Mail Delivery Office to thank posties for their hard work

The visit provided a first-hand look at the significant effort involved in ensuring mail and parcels reach residents across West Lothian during the festive season, the postal service’s busiest period.

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4 w. ago Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years

PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish societyThe Danish postal service will deliver its last letter on 30 December, ending a more than 400-year-old tradition.Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid the “increasing digitalisation” of Danish society. Continue reading...

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