SAN DIEGO — With extended hours at select locations and several easy and convenient alternatives to purchase postal products and services, the U.S. Postal Service is making it easier to ship packages to family and friends for the holidays.
Extended Holiday Hours
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Thurs. Dec 15 |
Sat. Dec. 17 |
Sun. Dec. 18 |
Mon. Dec. 19 |
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Carmel Mtn. Postal Store |
7am – 7pm |
8am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
7am – 7pm |
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Chula Vista Main Post Office |
8 am – 7 pm |
9 am – 5 pm |
10 am – 4 pm |
8 am – 7 pm |
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Encinitas Main Post Office |
8:30am – 7pm |
10am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
8:30am – 7pm |
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Escondido Main Post Office |
8:30am – 7pm |
9am – 3pm |
10am – 4pm |
8:30am – 7pm |
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La Mesa-Spring Valley |
9am – 7pm |
10am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
9am – 7pm |
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Linda Vista Post Office |
9am – 7pm |
9am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
9am – 7pm |
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Midway Post Office |
7am – 11pm |
8am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
7am – 11pm |
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Mira Mesa Post Office |
8am – 7pm |
8:30am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
8am – 7pm |
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Oceanside Main Post Office |
8:30am – 7pm |
8:30am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
8:30am – 7pm |
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Pacific Beach Post Office |
8:30am – 7pm |
8:30am – 5pm |
10am- 4pm |
8:30am – 7pm |
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Santee Post Office |
9am – 7pm |
9am – 5pm |
10am – 4pm |
9am – 7pm |
Approved Postal Providers
There are over 800 retail locations that sell stamps and offer other postal services in the San Diego ZIP Code areas 919 through 921. These are private businesses that sell postal products and services at the same price as the Post Office – no mark up!
ATMs
Your nearest access point for postage stamps may be one of the thousands of bank automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide that stand ready to serve as your personal stamp machine.
Automated Postal Centers (APCs)
APCs are self-service kiosks that can provide 80 percent of the transactions available at the service counter. APCs handle transactions in English or Spanish and accept major credit and debit cards.
APCs dispense First-Class Mail, Priority Mail, Parcel Post, and Express Mail postage in any denomination, provide mailing information, including ZIP Code lookup; weigh and price envelopes and parcels up to 70 pounds; prepare Express Mail forms and Certified Mail return receipts; and other Delivery Confirmation service.
To find the location of Approved Postal Providers, ATMs and APCs go to www.usps.com and click on “Locate a Post Office” or call 800-ASK-USPS.
Click-N-Ship
You can do all of your holiday mailing online at usps.com/click-n-ship without leaving your home. We save you money as well as gas. You can print postage and mailing labels from your computer using Click-n-Ship. Customers who mail online with www.usps.com/click-n-shipqualify for a discount on Priority Mail and Express Mail. The more you ship, the more you save. And when a package is ready to be shipped, log on to www.usps.com/pick-up to schedule free package pickup right from your home or office. Skip the trip and do all your shipping online.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only 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. 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.
