LOMPOC, CA ― The U.S. Postal Service is making it easier for Lompoc residents and businesses to take care of mailing and shipping needs with a new Contract Postal Unit (CPU) now open inside the Village Market, 3734 Constellation Road, Lompoc, CA 93436

This convenient location provides full-value service six days a week: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A CPU offers postage stamps and Postal Service products and services at the same price one would pay at a regular U.S. Post Office. There is never an extra service fee at a CPU.

A community grand opening celebration with a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Wednesday, July 20, at 11:00 a.m. with refreshments served until 2:00 p.m.

Customers can ship 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 that can be done at a Post Office can be done at a CPU, and for the same low price.

The Postal Service is expanding convenient access to postal products and services when and where our customers want them. Many local grocery stores, pharmacies, bank ATMs and office supply stores sell postage stamps — the top transaction at Post Offices. Customers only need to visit the Postal Service’s newest website, uspseverywhere.com, and enter a ZIP Code to find all USPS and Approved Postal Provider locations on an interactive map.

There is also a Post Office ready to provide service 24/7 in any computer with Internet access — at usps.com. Look up ZIP Codes, buy stamps, print package labels and download postage, schedule a free package pickup ― even arrange to have mail held when away! Do it all online without ever leaving home or office, any time of the day or night.

We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.