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First Hispanic American on a stamp, 1903

1903

1st Hispanic American stamp

The first Hispanic American featured on a U.S. postage stamp was Adm. David Farragut in 1903.

* | Tags: Stamps USPS Fact #622 | March 5, 2021

Reading addresses

Address

deciphering

You call that scribble legible? Employees at the Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, UT, are responsible for deciphering terribly handwritten or shoddily printed addresses.

* | Tags: Innovation People USPS Fact #538 | March 4, 2021

Delivery points

161.4

million delivery points

The Postal Service prides itself on going the last mile to deliver the mail. We served 161.4 million delivery points nationwide in 2020 with 1.5 million new delivery points added to the network.

* | Tags: Size & scope Yearly facts USPS Fact #227 | March 4, 2021

Total address changes

35,900,000

address changes

Nearly 36 million address changes were processed in 2020.

* | Tags: Size & scope Yearly facts USPS Fact #225 | March 4, 2021

Internet Change-of-Address enables customers to change addresses online, and it offers them coupons for move-related products and services. More than 20 million address changes were submitted online in 2020.

All retail offices including contract locations

34,451

retail offices

The Postal Service has more than 34,000 retail offices across the United States including contract locations.

* | Tags: Yearly facts USPS Fact #223 | March 4, 2021

Trademarks

The Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship^®, Deliver The Win^®, EDDM^®, ePostage^®, Every Door Direct Mail^®, Express Mail^®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail^®, Forever^®, Global Express Guaranteed^®, IMb^®, Informed Delivery^®, Intelligent Mail^®, Parcel Select^®, P.O. Box™, Post Office^®, Pony Express^®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!^®, Postal Police^®, PostalProud^®, Express International^®, Priority Mail Flat Rate^®, Priority Mail International^®, Priority: You^®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail^®, The Postal Store^®, United States Postal Inspection Service^®, United States Postal Service^®, U.S. Mail^®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service^®, USPS^®, USPS BlueEarth^®, USPS Mobile^®, USPS Operation Santa^®, USPS Tracking^®, usps.com^®, ZIP+4^® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.

Non-Postal Trademarks

Forest Stewardship Council®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, Walmart®

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Trademarks

The Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship^®, Deliver The Win^®, EDDM^®, ePostage^®, Every Door Direct Mail^®, Express Mail^®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail^®, Forever^®, Global Express Guaranteed^®, IMb^®, Informed Delivery^®, Intelligent Mail^®, Parcel Select^®, P.O. Box™, Post Office^®, Pony Express^®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!^®, Postal Police^®, PostalProud^®, Express International^®, Priority Mail Flat Rate^®, Priority Mail International^®, Priority: You^®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail^®, The Postal Store^®, United States Postal Inspection Service^®, United States Postal Service^®, U.S. Mail^®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service^®, USPS^®, USPS BlueEarth^®, USPS Mobile^®, USPS Operation Santa^®, USPS Tracking^®, usps.com^®, ZIP+4^® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.

Non-Postal Trademarks

Forest Stewardship Council®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, Walmart®

Postal Facts 2020 provides the public with information about the Postal Service. The facts in this publication may be reproduced for the purpose of stating the fact itself, and in a business, informational, academic context and the like, and in the body of text discussing factual subject matter relevant to the fact being presented. However, these facts may become outdated after publication and seeking the latest information is advised.

Visit about.usps.com for more information.

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© 2016-2021 United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.