Board of Governors

Board Of Governors - Supervising body of the U.S. Postal Service which elects the Postmaster General.
Boardwalk Margins - Stamps with wide margins. Also called Jumbo Stamps.

Faced with mounting operating costs, in the spring of 1981 the Postal Service board of governors wanted to increase the first-class letter rate to 20¢ and the postcard rate to 13¢.

He sits on the board of governors of the Vatican Philatelic Society and edits its journal, Vatican Notes. He also has received the society’s Veritas and President’s awards (for scholarship and service, respectively).

United States Postal Service: Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 created the United States Postal Service from the Post Office Department, with a board of governors that selected a postmaster general; started July 1, 1971.

See also: Local, Stamp, Postal history, Cover, Stamp Collecting