447 million
rubber bands
Boing! The Postal Service ordered more than 447 million rubber bands in 2023, which totals 24,518 miles of material, or one trip around the world.
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Mail Carrier Uniform Kid Costume
Mini
mail carriers
What do you want to be when you grow up? Some kids love the idea of bringing people greetings cards and packages! The U.S. Mail carrier kids costume gets them interested early.
You can purchase the uniform here.
This was the first official costume for the Postal Service. The second was the U.S. Mail carrier dog costume.
The costumes for kids and dogs are among an ever-growing portfolio of USPS licensed products that create royalty revenue for the organization without the expense of manufacturing and marketing.
breast cancer research
$95 million
breast cancer research
The Breast Cancer Research semipostal has raised $95 million since 1998. More than 1 billion Breast Cancer Research stamps have been sold.
Supporting causes in the public interest.
Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail stamps sold at a price above the cost of a regular stamp to raise funds for designated causes. The dollar amounts below represent the funds the Postal Service has transferred to the causes listed.
- The Save Vanishing Species semipostal has raised more than $7.6 million since 2011. Nearly 66 million Save Vanishing Species stamps have been sold.
- The Alzheimer’s semipostal has raised nearly $1.5 million since 2017. More than 11 million Alzheimer’s stamps have been sold.
- The Healing PTSD semipostal has raised more than $1.9 million since 2019. More than 17 million Healing PTSD stamps have been sold.
