Go ahead. Put the flag up on your mailbox before you leave for the long weekend. Your post office is open for business on Friday with regular hours at locations around the nation and regular mail delivery on July 3rd.
While the Postal Service is observing Independence Day on Saturday, there are still easy ways to access stamps and other mailing services over the holiday weekend. More than 2,500 self-service kiosks are available in postal lobbies around the nation, averaging more than $1.6 million each day in stamps sales, package acceptance and post office box payments.
Kiosks users can weigh and ship packages, buy postage, mail letters, and look up ZIP Codes. Special services like certified mail and insurance are also available.
To find out available hours, services and the locations of kiosks along with nearby retailers who provide stamps at face value, visit www.usps.com and select the Locate A Post Office search function.
Packaging supplies – including free Priority Mail shipping containers – and stamps are also available at www.usps.com. Pre-orders for the 2015 Elvis Presley stamp, to be issued at Graceland on August 12, are only available online.
Only Priority Mail Express will be delivered on Saturday, July 4 as post offices observe the holiday. Where offered, Sunday package deliveries will be conducted on July 5.
Normal mail delivery, collections, and postal retail operations will resume on Monday, July 6.# # #
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