{"id":314,"date":"2009-07-01T09:22:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=314"},"modified":"2010-04-08T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T13:00:30","slug":"u-s-postal-service-statistics-on-postage-rates-employees-and-delivery-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/u-s-postal-service-statistics-on-postage-rates-employees-and-delivery-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Resource: U.S. Postal Service Statistics on Postage Rates, Employees, and Delivery Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Postal Service&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/\">Historian<\/a> has produced these data compilations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rates for Domestic Letters, 1863-2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/DomesticLetterRates1863-2009.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_rtf\/DomesticLetterRates1863-2009.rtf\">(rtf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rates for Domestic Letters, 1792-1863 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/DomesticLetterRates17921863.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_rtf\/DomesticLetterRates17921863.rtf\">(rtf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rates for Stamped Cards and Postcards, 1873-2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/PostcardRates1873to2009.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_rtf\/PostcardRates1873to2009.rtf\">(rtf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pieces of Mail Handled, Number of Post Offices, Income, and Expenses, 1789 to 2008  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/PiecesofMail1789to2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/PiecesofMail1789to2009.htm\">(htm)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Number of Employees, 1926 to 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/Employees1926to2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_rtf\/Employees1926to2008.rtf\">(rtf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Delivery Points, 1990 to 2008, in Millions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/_pdf\/DeliveryPoints1990to2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> <a href=\"javascript:popRemote('\/postalhistory\/DeliveryPoints1990to2008.htm',%20'someName',%20'');\">(htm)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>U.S. Postal Service, Historian, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/postalhistory\/ratesandhistoricalstatistics.htm?from=PostalHistory&amp;page=Center_PostageRatesandHistoricalStatistics\">Postage Rates and Historical Statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Postal Service&#8217;s Historian has produced these data compilations: Rates for Domestic Letters, 1863-2009 (pdf) (rtf) Rates for Domestic Letters, 1792-1863 (pdf) (rtf) Rates for Stamped Cards and Postcards, 1873-2009 (pdf) (rtf) Pieces of Mail Handled, Number of Post Offices, Income, and Expenses, 1789 to 2008 (pdf) (htm) Number of Employees, 1926 to 2008 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