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.
American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin was the first U.S. Postmaster General, appointed by the Second Continental Congress in 1775. He had served previously as postmaster under British rule, implementing an accounting method for postmasters, fee-based newspaper delivery, and home mail delivery.