The Contract Postal Unit (CPU) is a postal retail office housed within an existing, non-postal business or building that offers virtually all postal services.  CPUs help to increase convenience and access to postal services locally situated where customers live, work and shop.  A full line of postal products and services are available at the CPU including postage stamps, Express Mail® service, Priority Mail® service, special services, packaging products, and much more.  A listing of CPUs can be found below.

Customers will also find many traditional services needed for the holidays mailing season by going online to www.usps.com, including purchasing stamps, printing mailing labels and postage for packages, and calling to arrange package pickup (Click-N-Ship). To find a CPU, Post Office or another alternative for postal services conveniently located near you go to www.usps.com and select “Find USPS Locations” on the webpage or follow this link: https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorAction.action.

ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS TO TRADITIONAL POST OFFICES

CONTRACT POST OFFICES: Alternative locations to traditional Post Offices that offer added convenience and virtually all the same postal services.

When time is of the essence for sending warm wishes and holiday cheer, consider the alternatives by visiting one of the locally situated USPS Contract Postal Units.

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: 152 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 more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 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 42nd in the 2012 Fortune 500. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for seven years and the fourth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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