LOS ANGELES, CA — Postal officials are announcing only Priority Mail Express will be delivered and Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 4th, in observance of the Labor Day federal holiday. Normal mail delivery, postal retail operations, and mail collections will resume on Tuesday, September 5th.

Postal customers can still get postal services and products right on our website at www.usps.com and the effort is less labor intensive than going to the Post Office! If you’re a customer looking for stamps, you can order them online, buy them at many local stores and banks, or visit a Self Service Kiosk even when the Post Office is closed. If you need to do more than buy stamps, visit our website to find approved postal shippers who offer our most popular services at https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorAction!input.action.

Or you can visit postal lobbies that offer 24-hours Self Service Kiosks, also listed online. You can perform a number of postal transactions at the kiosks including weighing and shipping packages, buying postage, mailing letters, looking up ZIP Codes and accessing other mailing information. Special services like certified mail and insurance are also available.

And speaking of mailing packages, consider using Click ‘N Ship, which lets you to mail a package right from home. Click “n Ship allows you to print your postage paid shipping label and you can even arrange for a letter carrier to pick up the package, saving you a trip to the Post Office.  You can also order free mailing supplies like Priority Mail boxes to make the job even easier.

If you’re a local business who wants to get a jump on the holiday shopping season or you are looking for new customers, the holiday weekend is a perfect time to create a mailing piece that can be sent economically to your surrounding area. Go to https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm to learn how you can send your mail for less than 20 cents per piece. You can map out a target area or use demographic data (e.g. age, household income, and size) to select a delivery route, choose a mailing drop off date, and pay online—all from your computer. And, you can create your mailings up to 30 days before you plan to mail them. You’ll also find great tools to help you at: https://www.usps.com/ship/welcome.htm.

So take the labor out of your postal transactions and go online to www.usps.com to find out what we have to offer right from the comfort of your own home.

If you want to take a peek at what’s coming to your mailbox, sign up for Informed Delivery at https://informeddelivery.usps.com.  Visit the Informed Delivery FAQ page to get answers to your questions.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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