Postal Service Ready for Busiest Mailing and Delivery Days
Americans will entrust almost 1 billion pieces of mail with the U.S. Postal Service on Monday, Dec. 17, the busiest mailing day of the year. About 275 million pieces of that total will be cards and letters, more than three times the average daily volume of 82 million.
The Postal Service also is seeing a dramatic increase in holiday mail to military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan, with average weekly volume quadrupling the first week in December to 4,000 pounds of mail. For the first 14 days in December, there were 12 additional 747 cargo aircraft dispatched with mail to the Middle East than during the same time last year. That’s almost one extra 747 lift every day. About 20 million pounds of mail is expected to be delivered to military installations around the world this season.
Who:
US Postal Service, Barbara M. Wood, Customer Relations Coordinator
What:
Busiest mailing day of the year: Monday, Dec. 17
Busiest delivery day of the year: Wednesday, Dec. 19
When:
Monday, Dec. 17, beginning at 8 a.m. by appointment
Where:
Albuquerque Main Post Office
1135 Broadway Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87101-9998
Audio/Video:
- Tours of Plant will be given by appointment
The Albuquerque postal service will offer extended holiday hours December 13, 2007 through December 24, 2007 at the following locations:
| Academy Station | Mon-Fri | 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| 6255 San Antonio NE | Sat | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Albuquerque, NM 87109 | Sun | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m |
| Airport Station | Mon-Fri | 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. |
| 2100 George Rd SE | Sat-Sun | 11:00 a.m. - 6:00p.m. |
| Albuquerque, NM 87119 | ||
| Albuquerque Main Post Office | Mon-Fri | 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| 1135 Broadway Blvd NE | Sat | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Albuquerque, NM 87101 | Sun | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Richard J. Pino Station | Mon-Fri | 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| 4600 Paradise Blvd NW | Sat | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Albuquerque, NM 87114 | Sun | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Rio Rancho Post Office | Mon-Fri | 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| 900 Pinetree Rd SE | Sat | 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Rio Rancho, NM 87124 | Sun | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Find the Automated Postal Center nearest you at usps.com
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