Postal officials remind local residents that post offices across Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands will be closed on Friday, April 3 in observance of Good Friday

No window services in the postal retail lobbies or distribution of post office box mail will take place on Friday.   There will be no delivery of mail by carriers on Friday, with the exception of the premium service, Priority Mail Express.

Officials add that there will be no collection of mail from local blue collection boxes on Good Friday. 

Regular postal services will resume on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

The Postal Service’s website – usps.com – remains available throughout the weekend, including Good Friday and Easter Sunday, for services such as online ordering of stamps, information on postal products, filing an address change or package tracking. 

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El Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos, una empresa del gobierno económicamente independiente, es el único servicio de entregas que llega a todas las direcciones de la nación, 151 millones de residencias, negocios y casillas postales. El Servicio Postal no recibe dinero de impuestos para manejar sus gastos operativos, y depende de la venta de  franqueos, productos y servicios postales para financiar sus operaciones. Con casi 32.000 puntos de venta y la página Web más frecuentemente visitada del gobierno federal, usps.com, el Servicio Postal tiene ingresos anuales de más de 65 mil millones de dólares y entrega casi el 40 por ciento del correo a nivel mundial.

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For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, please go to about.usps.com/news/media-contacts/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf.

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