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Postal Service ready to deliver cards-packages by the holidays


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As the “Official Shipper of the Holidays,” the United States Postal Service this week released the suggested mail-by dates to ensure packages, cards, and letters reach their intended destination before the 2011 celebrations begin.

Dates are provided as a guide for dropping holiday wishes into the mail.

Postmarking for domestic mail — mailed from and delivered within the U.S. — and international mail destined for overseas should occur by:

Domestic Mail Product Mail-by Date
First-Class Mail Dec. 20
Priority Mail Dec. 21
Express Mail Dec. 22
Parcel Post Dec. 15
DNDC Drop Ship Dec. 19
DDU Drop Ship Dec. 22
International Mail Addressed To Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG)1*** Express Mail® Inter-national (EMS)2 Priority Mail® Inter-national (PMI)3 First-Class Mail®
Africa Dec-20 Dec-10 Dec-2 Dec-2
Asia/Pacific Rim Dec-19 Dec-15 Dec-9 Dec-9
Australia/New Zealand Dec-19 Dec-15 Dec-9 Dec-9
Canada Dec-21 Dec-16 Dec-12 Dec-9
Caribbean Dec-20 Dec-15 Dec-12 Dec-9
Central & South America Dec-20 Dec-10 Dec-2 Dec-2
Mexico Dec-21 Dec-15 Dec-9 Dec-9
Europe Dec-20 Dec-15 Dec-12 Dec-9
Middle East Dec-20 Dec-15 Dec-12 Dec-9
Military and APO/FPO mail Class of mail and mail-by-date
Addressed to Express Mail® Military Service (EMMS)1 First-Class Mail® Service Priority Mail® Service Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL)2 Space Available Mail (SAM)3 Parcel Post® Service
APO/FPO/DPO AE Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 10 Dec. 3 Nov. 26 Nov. 12
ZIPs™ 090-092
APO/FPO/DPO AE N/A Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 1 Nov. 26 Nov. 12
ZIP 093
APO/FPO/DPO AE Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 10 Dec. 3 Nov. 26 Nov. 12
ZIPs 094-098
APO/FPO/DPO AA Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 10 Dec. 3 Nov. 26 Nov. 12
ZIP 340
APO/FPO/DPO AP Dec. 17 Dec. 10 Dec. 10 Dec. 3 Nov. 26 Nov. 12
ZIPs 962-966
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