after a 21 6 % increase in convenience store industry card fees in 2010 they jumped 23 3 % in 2011 to a record $ 11 billion and hit $ 11 2 billion in 2012 total credit and debit card fees surpassed overall c store industry profits for the sixth consecutive year
The first known black female postmaster was Minnie Cox, appointed postmaster of Indianola (pop. 10,863) in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrison.
-- In 1961 Day appointed Mrs. Nancy C. Avery as acting postmaster of the Pacoima, California, Post Office  reportedly the first African American to head a first-class Post Office since the Reconstruction era. Avery was appointed to the position permanently in 1963 and served until her retirement in 1984.