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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOur\u00a0<\/span>Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>allow you to decorate your holiday mailings with Peanuts characters,\u201d said U.S. Postal Service Consumer Advocate John Budzynski. \u201cThanks to our new AR app, you can take a photo with the Peanuts characters and share it on social media. Our mailing to the nation\u2019s households is one part of our holiday advertising campaign that ranges from direct mail to television and print advertisements, to social media and digital promotion.\u201d<\/p>\n The Peanuts photo opportunity debuts Nov. 23 through Nov. 25 and appears again in mid-December as part of the Postal Service\u2019s rotating \u201cMailbox Miracle\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>experiences that runs until Dec. 28. Also, the 50th anniversary of the \u201cCharlie Brown Christmas\u201d TV special, from which the stamps are based, airs Mon., Nov. 30 at 9 p.m. on ABC. Prior to that, at 8 p.m., a one-hour retrospective special featuring numerous music performers airs.<\/p>\n Recommended holiday mail-by-dates can be found at this\u00a0<\/span>link<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The \u2018Mailbox Miracle\u2019 Experiences<\/strong> Customers accessing\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>can find blue collection boxes near their current location by visiting this\u00a0<\/span>link<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and clicking the \u201cPost Offices and Approved Postal Providers\u201d icon. Scroll down to collection boxes and then enter a ZIP Code or address.<\/p>\n Starting Nov. 23 through Dec. 28 these exciting \u201cMailbox Miracle\u201d seasonal AR app experiences and holiday mailing tips will decorate your screens with nostalgic peppermints; toy airplanes circulating Christmas trees surrounded by boxes; customizable digital mailboxes to \u201cTAKE A PIC AND SHARE\u201d on social media; blinking holiday lights; wrapping paper; bows; dancing elves; and much more while sharing important information. Following are just a handful of the upcoming experiences:<\/p>\n Delivering for the Holidays<\/strong> In time for the holidays, the Postal Service will offer real-time delivery notifications \u2013 meaning customers who sign up for alerts at\u00a0<\/span>myusps.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>will receive notification within a few minutes of the delivery scan for select packages.<\/p>\n For additional news and updates throughout the season, please visit the\u00a0<\/span>USPS Holiday Newsroom<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDownload the Postal Service\u2019s AR app at\u00a0<\/span>Google Play<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>iTunes App Store<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Stand next to one of nearly 160,000 blue mail collection boxes between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25, and again Dec.14 through Dec. 17, to see Charlie Brown characters surround Postal Service blue collection boxes to take a photo with the Peanuts gang to save on your camera phone or share on social media. As the nation counts down to the holidays, the Postal Service will be adding new experiences every few days.<\/p>\n\n
\nThe Postal Service expects to deliver more than 15.5 billion cards, letters, flats, and packages during the 2015 holiday season. In addition, it is projecting that approximately 600 million packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s Eve \u2014 an increase of 10.5 percent over last year\u2019s volume.<\/p>\n