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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 9, 2008

Contact: Valerie Hughes
314-436-4197

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Post Offices to Close for Columbus Day Holiday

24-Hour Automated Postal Centers Offer Most Retail Transactions

St. Louis — Post offices across the Central and Northeastern Missouri and Southern Illinois will be closed on Monday, October 13 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.  Retail services and mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, October 14.

In the St. Louis metropolitan area the North County Post Office at 11001 Dunklin Ave. and Postal Stores at the Galleria, South County, and Crestwood malls will offer retail services during normal operating hours.

In addition, customers can use the Automated Postal Center (APC) available at select Post Offices in the St. Louis metro area.  The ATM-like kiosk, which accepts debit and credit cards only, can handle 80 percent of the transactions conducted at the retail counter such as buying stamps, mailing a parcel, or shipping an urgent letter or package by Express or Priority Mail.  Access to an APC is available 24-hours a-day, seven-days-a-week at the following metro St. Louis locations:

Missouri
Ballwin – 15455 Manchester Rd.
Chesterfield – 16105 Swingley Ridge Rd.
Creve Coeur – 331 N. New Ballas Rd.
Fenton – 10 Fenton Plaza
Florissant – 2200 N. Highway 67
Gaffney – 2318 Woodson Rd.
Kirkwood – 343 S. Kirkwood
MacKenzie Pointe – 7217 Watson Rd.
O’Fallon – 401 Church St.
Sappington – 11662 Gravois Rd.
South County – 5636 Telegraph Rd.
St Charles – 112 S. 5th St.
St. Peters – 7055 Mexico Rd.
Town & Country – 1100 Town and Country Commons

Illinois
Belleville – 120 W. Washington St.
Edwardsville – 132 N. Kansas St.
Fairview Heights – 10850 Lincoln Trail
O’Fallon – 111S. Lincoln Ave.

Mail will be delivered as scheduled on Saturday, October 11.

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