Busiest Mailing Day of the Holiday Season Approaches

Media invited for a behind-the-scenes look in mail processing center

RICHMOND, VA - The Postal Service will deliver 19 billion cards, letters and packages this year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Monday, December 15th is expected to be the busiest mailing day of the year – more than three times the average on any given day. The busiest delivery day of the holiday mailing season will be Wednesday, December 17th.

Local postal officials announced a special Sunday collection from all blue collection boxes in Richmond city, Glen Allen, Mechanicsville, Midlothian, Chesterfield, Chester, Petersburg and Hopewell on Sunday, December 16th. Providing a Sunday collection gives local mailers a chance to beat the Monday surge. All letters should be deposited by 2 pm to receive the special collection. This does not include post office lobby drop slots.

All media is invited to the Richmond Processing and Distribution Center, 1801 Brook Road, on Monday, December 15, at 3:30 p.m. for photo opportunities in the retail lobby and on the mail processing work floor.

For safety’s sake, work floor visitors are asked to wear slip resistant, closed-toe shoes. Communications Coordinator Cathy Boule’ will be onsite to escort the media on the tour. Please contact her with any questions.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.