SANTA BARBARA, CA—The U.S. Postal Service is making it easier to do business with us. A new Contract Postal Unit (CPU) is opening on July 16, 2009, inside Mesa Communications, located at 1819 Cliff Dr., Ste. A, in Santa Barbara. This new location will offer service Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A CPU offers postage stamps and U.S. Postal Service products and services at the same price you pay at a regular Post Office. There is never an extra service fee at a CPU.

You can send Express Mail and Priority Mail packages, purchase Insurance and Delivery Confirmation, mail Certified letters with Return Receipts, and, of course, buy the latest stamps and drop off mail—almost anything you can do at a Post Office you can do at a CPU, and for the same low price.

Did you know there is also a Post Office as close as your computer? Check it out at usps.com! Look up ZIP Codes, buy stamps, print package labels and download postage, schedule a free package pickup—you can even arrange to have your mail held when you go on vacation! Do it all online from the comfort of your home or office at usps.com.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 149 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes, six days a week. It has 34,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.