Fact Sheet: Express Mail Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium

• Only Express Mail shipments designated and charged for Sunday/Holiday Delivery will be delivered on those days.

Benefits

• Customers may select either Sunday/Holiday Delivery at the premium price or next-business-day delivery at the Monday-through-Saturday price.
• These options are available at retail and alternate access channels — e.g., Click-N-Ship^® service, WebTools, Automated Postal Centers^® (APCs^®), contract postal units (CPUs), and PC Postage^® providers.
• Express Mail Corporate Account customers can charge postage and fees to one central account. Customers may deposit Express Mail shipments paid through a corporate account at any Express Mail collection box, at a Post Office™, or with a Postal Service carrier.
• Nothing will change for manifest mailers — Express Mail manifest items will be delivered on Sundays and holidays, if available, for delivery with no premium.
• Rules for waiver-of-signature delivery option apply to Sunday/Holiday deliveries.

Price

The premium for guaranteed Sunday/Holiday Delivery is $12.50 in addition to the cost of the Express Mail service.

Sticker

A special yellow-and-white “Sunday/Holiday” sticker (Label 25) will be applied to all Sunday/Holiday Delivery packages during retail transactions. Electronically generated Express Mail labels will contain the text Sunday/Holiday Delivery Guaranteed. Label 25 will also be added to these items at acceptance when possible. The sticker is 3-1/2 inches x 3 inches.

Effective Date

On March 3, 2008, the new Sunday/Holiday Delivery Premium goes into effect for packages guaranteed for Sunday/Holiday Delivery after this date.