Pembroke Pines FL—Camcorder. Check. Toy train. Check. Cuckoo clock. Check. No matter what’s on your holiday wish list, if it fits, it ships, with Priority Mail Flat-Rate Boxes, only from the U.S. Postal Service.
“Whether it’s DVDs to L.A. or skates to New York City, Priority Mail Flat-Rate Boxes let you ship nearly any gift for a low flat rate,” said Robert F. Bernstock, President, Mailing and Shipping Services.
As part of an integrated national advertising campaign, 20 million consumers will receive a holiday mailing guide this week with information on how they can simplify their holidays and simplify their shipping with Flat-Rate boxes. The guide also contains an offer to order free boxes by returning a card attached to the guide or going online to the Postal Service’s website, usps.com/holiday.
Four box sizes are available to fit holiday gifts:
- Small Flat-Rate box, 8 5/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 5/8", shipping starts at $4.95
- Medium Flat-Rate box, 11" x 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", shipping starts at $10.35
- Large Flat-Rate box, 12" x 12" x 5 1/2", shipping starts at $13.95 ($10.95 when shipping to military personnel at APO/FPO addresses overseas)
- Medium Flat-Rate box, 13 5/8" x 11 7/8" x 3 3/8", shipping starts at $10.35.
Prices are even lower when you pay online at usps.com.
“Order Flat-Rate boxes now, and we’ll deliver them to you at no charge in time to ship for the holidays,” said Bernstock. “We’ll even pick up your packages for free, saving you a trip to the Post Office.”
All of the information contained in the holiday guide can be found at usps.com/holiday, with links to each of the Postal Service’s most popular products, services and time-saving features, so customers can:
- Order free Flat-Rate boxes
- Pay postage, print shipping labels and request free package pickup
- Buy holiday stamps
- Add insurance and Delivery Confirmation
- Create greeting cards with holiday photos
- Find Post Office locations and hours
Customers are encouraged to order Flat-Rate boxes by December 10, to receive the boxes in time to ship gifts for the holidays.
For more holiday news and information, visit the Postal Service’s interactive holiday press room at www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/holiday/hpr.htm.
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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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. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 26th in the 2008 Fortune 500.
