What:

Shipping packages during the holidays can be incredibly stressful. Luckily, USPS is here to help customers prepare and efficiently mail their holiday packages. We'll provide guidance on how to properly prepare your packages for mailing. During this demonstration, our postal representative will share some tips and best practices, ensuring that your packages arrive on time to grandparents, parents, and anyone special in time for the holiday.

In the demonstration, USPS will provide tips on planning, packaging, and choosing the right Postal services, such as:

• How to Pack a Box
• How to Properly Address a Package
• How to Ship your Package

When:

Friday, December 6, 2024; 1 pm
Please RSVP to this email to confirm

Who:

Acting Postmaster Shara Swan

Where:

Logan Post Office
75 W 200 N
Logan, UT 84321

Packaging Tips:

The maximum weight for a USPS package is 70 lbs. Also, there are some things that you can’t send at all (prohibited) and other things you can only send under certain conditions (restricted). Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) might be prohibited or restricted.

As a rule of thumb, if what you’re sending could harm people or cause damage (like lithium batteries), very carefully check the list of Domestic Shipping Prohibitions, Restrictions, & HAZMAT.

Whether you’re using a box, padded envelope, or tube, use packaging that doesn't bulge and is strong enough to protect what you’re sending. Pack the contents so they don’t shift about and accurately measure the size and weight of your package so you can avoid unexpected fees.

Write the complete address (full street address including apartment or unit number, correct city and ZIP Code) parallel to the longest side of the package, and make sure your return address, the delivery address, and postage will fit on the same side. Also include the delivery address on a card on the inside of the package.

2024 USPS Holiday Shipping and Mailing Deadlines

The information below covers domestic, international and military shipping destinations to allow for the timely delivery of cards, letters and package. And remember:  the earlier you send, the better — Ship it Early!

Items Sent to Addresses in the Contiguous United States (Lower 48 States):

• USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 18
• First-Class Mail service: Dec. 18
• Priority Mail service: Dec. 19
• Priority Mail Express service: Dec. 21

Items Sent to Addresses in Alaska and Hawaii:

• USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail service: Dec. 18
• Priority Mail service: Dec. 19
• Priority Mail Express service: Dec. 20

For customers sending packages internationally, or to military addresses, USPS suggests checking the complete list of recommended holiday mailing and shipping dates at usps.com/holidayshippingdates.

USPS Is Ready for the Peak Shipping Season

This year, USPS is primed and ready to delivery exceptional service during the 2024 holiday rush and beyond. 

In addition to our convenient retail locations, customers can purchase their shipping labels, order Priority Mail packaging and schedule free carrier pick up via the Postal Service’s shipping platform  Click-N-Ship . Customers using the platform will have access to Commercial Shipping Rates that will apply to all domestic package labels — making it easier for customers to ship their packages.

Review the details on how to ship packages to military and diplomatic addresses at domestic prices, even if you are sending mail overseas. Notably, the Postal Service is the only delivery service that ships to APO, FPO and DPO addresses.  

Customers may purchase, stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Storeat usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon

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