It's That Time Of Year Again!!

Thursday, March 1, 2018

rhe he) == LLU 5 EVsoscVaes ooo MILLION (om VOLUME BILLION Nearly 16 BILLIONpieces ‘of mail and packages will be this L?_celvered hotday season. lot of packages are expected to go throughthe mail this year. It would be wise to getyours out early. (NAPSA)—For the U.S.Postal Service (USPS), the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day is the busi- est timeof year. USPSexpectsto deliver ‘The Postal Service anticipates Dec. 17 will be the PostalService's busiest day online, with more than 8 million consumers predicted to visit usps.com for nearly 15 billion pieces of mail and 900 help shippingthatspecial holiday gift. billion mail and package deliveries. consumers will visit the USPS website Sunday delivery operations to locations Day. Andusps.comis always open. million packages,fora totalof nearly 16 Starting Nov. 25, USPS expandedits with high package volumes. The Postal Service already delivers packages on Sundaysin most majorcities, and antic- ipates delivering more than 8 million packages on Sundays this December. Mailcarriers will also deliver packages onChristmas Dayinselectlocations. You may befamiliar with the “bus- iest day”for shipping holiday packages and mailing greeting cards. Butlike last Its predicted that nearly 105 million between Thanksgiving and New Year's It’sestimated nearly 400,000 consumerswill use the Click-N-Shipfeature and otheronlineservices on Dec. 17 to order free Priority Mail boxes, print shipping labels, purchase postage and even request free next-day Package Pickup. InformedDelivery is the Postal Ser- vice’ free daily digital preview of what's coming to your mailbox. This holiday season, not only can you manage your year's holidayfruitcake, that is a thing of packages and sneak a peek at cards the past. Instead, the busiest time now headedyour way, you can also see some begins two weeks before Christmas. Starting the week of Dec. 10, customer traffic at Post Offices nationwide will increase and the Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 200 million packages per week during these two weeks. The week of Dec. 17-23 is predicted to be the busiest mailing, shipping and deliv- ery week. During this week alone, USPS expects to process and deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of First-Class Mail, includinggreetingcards. exterior images of magazines and cata- logs—all from your mobile app, dash- board, tablet or computer. Informed Delivery is one moreway thePostal Ser- vice is helping you anticipate, communicate andcelebrate this holiday season. Additional news and information, including all domestic, international and military mailing and shipping deadlines, can be found at the Postal Service Holiday Newsroom: www.usps. com/holidaynews.

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