ALBUQUERQUE - According to the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayers across the nation will have until Tuesday, April 17, 2007, to file their 2006 federal tax returns. As a convenience to Albuquerque postal customers, both the Main Post Office (located at 1135 Broadway Blvd., NE) and the Rio Rancho Station (located at 900 Pinetree Rd. SE,) will extend their retail hours that day, operating from 8:00 AM until 12:00 Midnight. In addition, the USPS Air Mail Facility (located at 2100 George Road, SE ) and all Post Office Express (POE's) offices will remain open until 7:00 PM. The POE's are located at:

• 13201 Lomas Blvd NE
• 5850 Eubank NE
• 111 Coors Blvd NW
• 4016 Louisiana Blvd NE

As a supplement to regular mail collection schedules, a "courtesy" collection will be made providing a "final" collection of mail deposited into those boxes at 12:00 Midnight mail. "To ensure postmarking by the IRS's midnight deadline, we urge taxpayers in Albuquerque to mail early, in advance of the IRS deadline. But for those last minute filers, we'll make sure your return is processed promptly, as long as you deposit your return in the blue collection boxes located outside of the Main Office or the blue collection boxes located outside our stations before midnight", said Postmaster Matthew Lopez. This final courtesy collection will be provided for the following offices:

MAIN POST OFFICE......................................................1135 Broadway Blvd., NE
RIO RANCHO STATION .......................................................900 Pinetree Rd. SE
ACADEMY STATION ....................................................................6255 San Antonio NE
ALAMEDA BRANCH .......................................................................9132 4th Street NW
COTTONWOOD STATION........................................................... 10701 Coors Blvd NW
DOWNTOWN STATION.................................................................... 201 5th Street SW
FIVE POINTS STATION................................................................. 1050 Sunset Rd SW
FOOTHILLS STATION................................................................ 13101 Lomas Blvd NE
HIGHLAND STATION..................................................................... 111 Alvarado Dr SE
KIRTLAND A.F.B. BRANCH........................................................... 2nd and F Streets SE
MANZANO STATION .................................................................. 11600 Haines Ave NE
NORTH VALLEY RETAIL .............................................................. 424 Veranda Rd NW
OLD ALBUQUERQUE ................................................................. 2016 Central Ave SW
OLD TOWN PLAZA ................................................................ 303 Romero NW, Ste 108
RICHARD J PINO STATION....................................................... 4600 Paradise Blvd NW
STEVE SCHIFF POST OFFICE........................................................ 9719 Candelaria NE
UNIVERSITY STATION .....................................................................115 Cornell Dr SE
UPTOWN STATION.................................................................... 2505 Graceland Dr NE

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to cover its operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.