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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9, 2007

Freda Sauter
(410) 347-4322
freda.g.sauter@usps.gov

usps.com/news

Baltimore Main Post Office changes retail hours

BALTIMORE MD — The Baltimore Main Post Office is changing retail hours to be more accessible to customers to buy stamps and ship packages.

Effective January 16, the Baltimore Main Post Office, 900 E Fayette Street, will open their retail windows at 8:30 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and will be open at 8:30 a.m. and remain open until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.  Passport processing and photo hours are available at 9:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m., closing between 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

“We will make using the Post Office quick, easy and convenient for our customers,” says Acting Baltimore Postmaster William Ridenour.  “This is just another way we’re working to better meet our customers’ mailing needs.”  The Automated Postal Center (APC) is available in the lobby 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The APC does everything short of face-to-face transactions, including dispensing stamps, weighing packages and calculating postage for Express Mail, Priority Mail, and First-Class Mail.

In addition, Ridenour said that many services available at the Post Office are available online at usps.com. “You can buy stamps, use Click-N-Ship to print your own mailing labels, pay for postage and confirm delivery. You can even request a package pick up at your home or office at no extra charge,”  he said.

“Changing hours provides customers with more options and more accessibility to the products and services they need,” Ridenour said.

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