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" ... A more ambitious way to invest in stamps is to identify a segment of the stamps market where the potential value is not recognized and undertake to make that potential known. This is what I term pro-active investing, an activity I pursued in the securities industry as a career. As a life-long collector, I decided to pursue this approach in stamps when I saw such an opportunity. I recognized that classical Mexican stamps, from the point of issued quantities, are one of the most undervalued segments of the stamps market. This is despite the fact that it is one of the best organized and researched markets because of MEPSI, the Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society International. This organization was founded in 1935 and has been a font of knowledge about Mexican stamps. Its members have published a flood of articles and studies on classical stamps. The thing that gives Mexican stamps investment potential is that literacy in the 1800s was low, so stamp issuance was low. Added to this is that stamps were printed in Mexico City and stamp quantities were well documented to make local postmaster accountable for their revenues. But what really added to stamp rarity was that, because highwayman theft was a serious problem in the 1800s, stamps sent to each of 53 regions were embossed with the district number and year of issuance before they left Mexico City. Hence, if any shipment of stamps was stolen, they could be identified if used. In addition, the name of the district was hand-stamped on each stamp when they arrived. As you can imagine, this led to the creation of thousands of varieties of stamps with print quantities as low as 50 and numerous errors with quantities as low as 1. ... "
" ... Biden named former Deputy postmaster general and board member Ron Stroman, National Vote at Home Institute head Amber McReynolds and former American Postal Workers Union general counsel Anton Hajjar to the board. ... "
" ... Despite postmaster general Louis Dejoy confirming he would suspend controversial cost-cutting changes to the USPS until after the November elections, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will press on with a Saturday vote on a bill to give the service a $25 billion financial infusion. His sudden reversal comes after the removal of mail boxes, the cancellation of delivery runs, cuts to overtime and the closure of sorting centres sparked fury among Democrats who said the actions would hamper postal voting and help President Trump in his efforts to get re-elected. ... "
" ... The lawmaker said the six board members—who DeJoy said in a statement are backing his changes—have been “just as reprehensible and destructive” as the postmaster general, a GOP fundraiser who became a Democratic target after changes imposed over the summer caused widespread mail delays. ... "
" ... This has been the case “officially” since 1971 with the reorganization that created the United States Postal Service. But this wasn’t new. When Ben Franklin was the postmaster for the colonies, even before independence, the colonial post office turned a profit. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to establish and regulate the post office, “exacting such postage on the papers passing the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office.” After the Constitution was ratified, further legislation likewise mandated that the Post Office be self-supporting. ... "