Burlington, VT — The Postal Service observes Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 as a holiday. All post offices will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery, except for Priority Express Mail.
But some post offices which have Self-Service Kiosks (SSKs), formerly known as Automated Postal Centers (APCs), provide mailing services to customers using a credit or debit card 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.
“Customer surveys reveal that many residential customers have never used an SSK,” Postal Service spokesman Tom Rizzo said, “so we are making an extra effort to reach out and let them know they can conduct postal business even on the holiday. First-time users tell us that they appreciated a postal employee showing them how easy it is to use and many actually moved from being non-users to frequent SSK users.”
Self-Service Ship & Mail Centers are as simple to use as a bank ATM and provide mailing and shipping services as well as ZIP Code look-ups.
In Vermont, the Champlain Station Post Office at 370 Shelburne Road, Burlington has a 24-hour APC in its lobby.
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