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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 8, 2008

Contact: Tad Kelley, APR
412-359-7119

usps.com/news

Columbus Day Mail Accommodations

PITTSBURGH, PA — Postal Service facilities will be closed for retail transactions on Monday, October 13, in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. There will be no regular mail delivery and limited collection runs will be conducted throughout the city of Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. 

Although, there will not be regular mail delivery on the Columbus Day holiday, Express Mail is delivered 365 days a year and will be delivered on October 13.

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