Apples and orchards

Contents

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  1History
  
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    1.1Foundations
    
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    1.219th century
    
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    1.320th century
    
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  2Current operations
  
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    2.1Five-year plans
    
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    2.2Initiatives
    
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  3Budget
  
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    3.1Revenue decline and planned cuts
    
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    3.2Retirement funding and payment defaults
    
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    3.3Rate increases
    
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    3.4Reform packages, delivery changes, and alcohol delivery
    
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  4Governance and organization
  
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  5Universal service obligation and monopoly status
  
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    5.1Legal basis and rationale
    
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    5.22008 report on universal postal service and the postal monopoly
    
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    5.3Competitors
    
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    5.4Alternative transmission methods
    
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    5.5Criticism of the universal service requirement and the postal monopoly
    
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  6Law enforcement agencies
  
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    6.1Postal Inspection Service
    
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    6.2Office of Inspector General
    
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  7How delivery services work
  
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    7.1Elements of addressing and preparing domestic mail
    
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    7.2Paying postage
    
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    7.3Other electronic postage payment methods
    
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    7.4Service level choices
    
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    7.5International services
    
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    7.6Sorting and delivery process
    
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    7.7Delivery timing
    
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  8Financial services
  
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  9Employment in the USPS
  
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    9.1Workplace violence
    
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  10In fiction
  
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  11See also
  
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  12References
  
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  13Further reading
  
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  14External links