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The US Postal Service has been honored with four awards recognising excellence in the postal sector at the sixth annual World Mail Awards event held recently in Brussels, Belgium. Acknowledged as leaders in customer service, innovation, e-Commerce and security, the Postal Service was cited as setting the highest standard for the mailing industry.

The Postal Service was represented at the event by Charles Bravo, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Mail and Address Quality. Awards were presented in nine categories ranging from e-Commerce to marketing were presented by Triangle Management Services, founders of the World Mail Awards program.

“It’s a great honor to be recognised for our industry practices,” said Bravo. “We hope that by sharing what we’ve learned, we can benefit other postal administrations.”

The US Postal Service are due to begin the second phase of a trial program that allows customers to access authorized Web sites where they can personalise postage with photos and images.

In an era of e-mail that is making old-fashioned letter writing a lost art, the Postal Service hopes to make hand-delivered mail more interesting and valuable.

The Postal Service’s authorised program, called PC Postage, is not a stamp. It includes an image generated by the customer and a secure bar code that is compatible with Postal Service mail processing systems.

Vendors that provide PC Postage must be authorised by the Postal Service but can determine their own prices. PC Postage will be accepted for first-class, Priority and Express mail.