LONG ISLAND, NY — The Postal Service observes Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 24, 2011, as a Holiday. All Post Offices on Long Island will be closed. There will be no mail delivery except for Express Mail. All Post Offices will resume normal service on Friday, November 25th which officially begins the holiday mailing season.

For customer convenience the following offices have 24-hour access to Automated Postal Centers (APC), the Postal Service’s version of the ATM. The APC enables customers to conduct business at their convenience.

Using credit and debit cards, the APC enables customers to:

• Buy self-adhesive stamps.
• Weigh, calculate and purchase postage in amounts for items weighing up to 70 lbs.
• Send items via Express, Priority, and First-Class Mails, as well as by Parcel Post.
• Purchase insurance up to $500.
• Look up ZIP Codes and obtain Postal Service mailing information.
• Obtain Certified Mail, Delivery Confirmation and Return Receipts.
• Obtain a receipt.

Shop and Ship Between the Dots
We’re closed on Thanksgiving but you can take this opportunity to prepare for the Holiday season by shopping for – as well as shipping gifts and packages at www.usps.com! The online Postal Store is open for business – offering a cheerful line of Holiday gift ideas for family, friends and business associates. With usps.com, postal customers can look up a ZIP Code and find addressing information. They can calculate rates. They can buy stamps, or print address labels with postage for shipping Priority Mail and Express Mail and schedule an electronic package pickup for the following day. They can order shipping supplies. They can do all of this - and more – between the dots at www.usps.com, the Post Office that never closes.

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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 direct support from taxpayers. 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 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.