PITTSBURGH — Post Offices will be open Saturday, September 5, throughout the city and surrounding area of Pittsburgh encompassing 150-156 ZIP Code areas. However, some Post Offices will shorten retail lobby hours due to the extended Labor Day holiday weekend. Regular mail delivery for September 5, will be unaffected by the lobby service schedule changes. Post Offices will be closed and there will be no delivery on the Labor Day holiday, September 7.

The following offices in the city will be shortening their retail lobbies on September 4:

NOTE: Last pickup time for collection boxes located in front of the Brentwood Branch, Corliss Station, Crafton Branch, East Liberty Station, Etna Finance Branch, Montour Branch and the Squirrel Hill Station will be conducted at 12 noon on Saturday, September 5.

For added customer convenience, Automated Postal Centers (APC’s) are available at select Post Office locations, and many of the APC’s are located in 24-hour lobbies. Using a credit or debit card, these self-service kiosks enable customers to conduct business at their convenience. APC’s enable customers to:

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

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 149 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes, six days a week. It has 34,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.