Getting Mail to Us

When you have a letter or package to mail, there are literally thousands of ways to get it to us. There are over 40,000 post offices around the country where you can deposit your mail. We have over 292,000 regular and 26,000 Express Mail collection boxes.

If you live on a rural route, you can buy stamps from your rural carrier to place on your letters, which you can then put in your roadside box. Raise the flag and your carrier will pick up your mail and carry it to the post office. You can also mail parcels (up to 16 ounces), send registered or certified mail, insure your packages, or buy almost any other postal product or service through your rural carrier. Contact your local post office or talk to your rural carrier for more information.

If you receive curbline delivery service from a city letter carrier, you can place postage-affixed mail in your mailbox. Raise the flag and your carrier will collect it regardless of whether there is any mail to be delivered to you. In residential areas with door delivery, carriers will pick up mail only when making deliveries.

For a small fee, we will make a special trip to you to pick up as many prepaid Express Mail and Priority Mail packages as you have to mail (and we will include any other pieces of mail that you wish to deposit as long as they fit in the vehicle). Just call 1-800-222-1811 to schedule a pickup.

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