# 1494 - 1973 8c Postal Service Employees: Manual Sorting
Postal Service Employees
To highlight “Postal Week,” ten special stamps were issued in 1973 “designed to emphasize to the American people the important duties performed by the men and women” who are employed by the United States Postal Service. Originally issued attached, each of the ten stamps depicts one of the many jobs performed by postal workers and contains a message written by the Post Office.
Rural Delivery – 8¢: “Employees cover 4 million miles each delivery day to bring mail to your home or business.”
Postal Service Employees
To highlight “Postal Week,” ten special stamps were issued in 1973 “designed to emphasize to the American people the important duties performed by the men and women” who are employed by the United States Postal Service. Originally issued attached, each of the ten stamps depicts one of the many jobs performed by postal workers and contains a message written by the Post Office.
Rural Delivery – 8¢: “Employees cover 4 million miles each delivery day to bring mail to your home or business.”