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\"Holiday_Shipping_Deadlines\"<\/figure>\n\n

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If you are sending a card, letter or package this holiday season, make sure you pay attention to the mail deadline dates.  The USPS has released their package shipping <\/a>deadlines for all holiday greetings or packages to arrive by December 25.<\/p>\n\n

Interesting USPS Holiday Mailing Fact!<\/span><\/strong>
The USPS is expecting to deliver 16.6 billion letters and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2009. The busiest mailing day should be Monday, December 14, when 839 million letters and packages will be processed — almost double the average daily volume.<\/p>\n\n

Holiday Mailing Deadlines within the U.S.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Letters
& Cards<\/td>		Priority
Mail\u00ae<\/td>		Express
Mail\u00ae<\/td>		Parcel
Post\u00ae<\/td><\/tr>
Anywhere in
the U.S.<\/td>		Dec 21<\/td>Dec 21<\/td>Dec 23<\/td>Dec 16<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n
Holiday Mailing Deadlines for International Mail<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Addresses to
countries in…<\/td>		Letters
& Cards<\/td>		Priority
Mail\u00ae<\/td>		Express
Mail\u00ae<\/td>		Global Express
Guaranteed\u00ae<\/td><\/tr>
Canada<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 14<\/td>Dec 18<\/td>Dec 22<\/td><\/tr>
Asia &
Pacific Rim,
Australia &
New Zealand<\/td>		Dec 11<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 17<\/td>Dec 18<\/td><\/tr>
Mexico<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 17<\/td>Dec 22<\/td><\/tr>
Europe &
Carribean<\/td>		Dec 11<\/td>Dec 14<\/td>Dec 17<\/td>Dec 21<\/td><\/tr>
Middle East<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 14<\/td>Dec 17<\/td>Dec 18<\/td><\/tr>
Africa<\/td>Dec 4<\/td>Dec 4<\/td>Dec 12<\/td>Dec 18<\/td><\/tr>
Central & South
America<\/td>		Dec 4<\/td>Dec 4<\/td>Dec 12<\/td>Dec 21<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n
Holiday Mailing Deadlines for Military APO\/FPO Addresses<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Addresses to the
following APO\/FPO zips:<\/td>		Letters & Cards<\/td>Priority Mail\u00ae<\/td>Express Mail\u00ae<\/td><\/tr>
AE ZIPs 090-092,
AE ZIPs 094-098,
AA ZIP 340,
AP ZIPs 962-966<\/td>		Dec 11<\/td>Dec 11<\/td>Dec 17<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n

Get more info on sending postage to APO\/FPO or military mail.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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