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If you have holiday packages or greeting cards to send out here are the deadlines you need to know!
This is the shipping deadlines for expected delivery by Dec. 25 to Air/Army Post Office/Fleet Post Office/Diplomatic Post Office and domestic addresses:
‒Dec. 9:APO/FPO/DPO (ZIP Code 093 only) Priority Mail and First-Class Mail
‒Dec. 11:APO/FPO/DPO (all other ZIP Codes) Priority Mail and First-Class Mail
‒Dec. 14: USPS Retail Ground
‒Dec. 18: APO/FPO/DPO (except ZIP Code 093) USPS Priority Mail Express
‒Dec. 20: First-Class Mail (including greeting cards) and First-Class packages (up to 15.99 ounces)
‒Dec. 21:Priority Mail
‒Dec. 23:Priority Mail Express
Deadlines differ for shipments to Alaska and Hawaii and start Dec. 18 for First-Class Mail to Alaska.
Here’s a few tips and a new rule:
‒Use free Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes:They are available at local Post Offices or online at usps.com/freeboxes
‒Schedule a free Package Pickup when the carrier delivers your mail:It’s free regardless of the number of packages. Or pickups can be scheduled at usps.com/pickup
‒New rule this year:Mail and packages weighing more than 10 ounces and/or are more than a half-inch thick using stamps as postage cannot be dropped into a collection box or left for a carrier to pick up. Instead, take them to a window clerk at a Post Office. Click-N-Ship customers are unaffected by this change.
For more information visit www.usps.com