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WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2014 The U.S. Postal Service announced that Monday, Dec. 19, will be the busiest mailing day of the year. Of the 12 million customers visiting the nation\u2019s 31,000 plus Post Offices, 7 million will visit the world\u2019s largest Post Office \u2014\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWith a click of your mouse you can ship from your house,\u201d said U.S. Postal Service Chief Customer and Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Jim Cochrane, referring to the ability to schedule next-day package pickup online at\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>. \u201cOur dedicated employees are ready to serve our customers with prompt service. Doing business with us is fast and easy during the busy holiday season and all year long. And with\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>, your Post Office is as close as your desktop or smartphone. Additionally, you can buy stamps and postal products at more than 64,000 grocery stores, drug stores, office supply stores, ATMs and other locations.\u201d<\/p>\n During fiscal 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2016)\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>generated more than $1 billion in sales from more than 54 million transactions. On an average day, more than 2.7 million customers conduct business among the nation\u2019s brick and mortar Post Offices while nearly 4.7 million customers visit usps.com.<\/p>\n At\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>, customers can purchase stamps, calculate postage, mail packages and conduct virtually any service offered at brick-and-mortar Post Offices:<\/p>\n The Smartphone Post Office<\/strong> Using smartphones, customers can take advantage of the following features: Delivering for the Holidays<\/strong> In time for the holidays, the Postal Service is offering real-time delivery notifications. Customers who sign up for alerts at\u00a0<\/span>My USPS<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>will receive an email or text notification for select packages within a few minutes of when the letter carrier delivers and scans the parcel.<\/p>\n For additional news and updates throughout the season, visit the Postal Service\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Newsroom<\/em><\/a>, \u00a0Holiday Newsroom<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/em>DeliverCheer.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014 The U.S. Postal Service announced that Monday, Dec. 19, will be the busiest mailing day of the year. Of the 12 million customers visiting the nation\u2019s 31,000 plus Post Offices, 7 million will visit the world\u2019s largest Post Office \u2014\u00a0usps.com. \u201cWith a click of your mouse you can ship from your house,\u201d said U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17410,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions\/17410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nCustomers can do all of this \u2014 all from the comfort of their homes or on the go \u2014 by going to\u00a0<\/span>usps.com<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>or downloading the USPS Mobile app on\u00a0<\/span>iOS<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>Android<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>devices and putting these services right at their fingertips.<\/p>\n
\nUSPS Tracking<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>MY USPS<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Ship Online<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Buy Stamps<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Calculate (or Look Up) Prices<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Find a Post Office Location<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Look up a ZIP Code<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Schedule a Pickup<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Hold Mail<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Change My Address<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe Postal Service expects to deliver approximately 16 billion cards, letters and packages this holiday season. \u00a0As the world\u2019s largest e-commerce deliverer, the Postal Service is projecting about 750 million packages will be delivered this holiday season, a 12-percent increase compared to last year.<\/p>\n