Bright pink peach blossoms highlight the 2019 Year of the Boar stamp, the 12th and final stamp in the U.S. Postal Service’s Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The Year of the Boar begins Feb. 5, 2019, and ends on Jan. 24, 2020.
The 2019 Earned Value Reply Mail Promotion is intended to help slow the decline of First-Class Mail including Business Reply Mail (BRM) and Courtesy Reply Mail (CRM) pieces. As technology continues to disrupt mail volume, the Postal Service would like to encourage mailers to continue distributing BRM, CRM, and Share Mail pieces. Mailers who register their Mailer ID (MID) information and use eligible Intelligent Mail barcodes on their BRM, CRM, and Share Mail pieces may receive a postage credit for each mailpiece that is placed in the mailstream by the recipient and scanned during the promotion period.
Twelve colorful hearts visually expressing love’s joyful, bountiful nature illustrate the first Forever stamp issued in 2019 and will be revealed by the U.S. Postal Service during a first-day-of-issue ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.
NORTH CAROLINA — With winter weather in the forecast this weekend, the Postal Service reminds customers to keep curbside mailboxes and walkways free of snow and ice.
WASHINGTON — Post Offices nationwide will be closed on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. All Post Offices will be open and regular mail delivery will resume after the holidays on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.
WASHINGTON — Las oficinas de correos de todo el país cerrarán el martes 25 de diciembre, día de Navidad, y el martes 1 de enero de 2019, día de Año Nuevo. Todas las oficinas de correos abrirán y la entrega de correo se reanudará normalmente después de las fiestas, los días 26 de diciembre y 2 de enero.
NORTH CAROLINA – Post Offices at select locations across the state will be open Sunday, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, form 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., offering retail services as an added convenience to ensure customers have more opportunities to mail greeting cards and packages.
NORTH CAROLINA — The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 15 billion pieces of mail and 900 million packages, for a total of nearly 16 billion cheerful deliveries this holiday season – the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
NORTH CAROLINA – Post Offices at select locations across the state will be open Sunday, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, form 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., offering retail services as an added convenience to ensure customers have more opportunities to mail greeting cards and packages.
WASHINGTON – The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Tammy L. Whitcomb as the third Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service.
