U.S. Postal Service Ready for Busiest Mailing Day
December 18, 2010
More Than 800 Million Pieces of Mail Expected Monday
Washington, D.C. – Monday, December 20th, marks the Postal Service’s busiest mailing day of the year with more than 800 million pieces of mail expected to enter the system. This represents a 40 percent increase in the average daily volume of 559 million pieces of mail.
“There’s still time to mail greeting cards and ship presents,” said Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. “If customers get their cards and packages to us by Tuesday, December 21st, we’ll get them delivered by Christmas.”
December 20th is the recommended deadline for sending greeting cards and holiday letters to arrive in time for Christmas. December 21st is the recommended deadline for sending packages using Priority Mail. For those last-minute shoppers and procrastinators, the Postal Service recommends December 22nd as the last day to ship packages using Express Mail. [Read more]
