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Discount on Largest Flat-Rate Priority Mail Box to APO/FPO Addresses

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Holiday gifts from home are a big morale boost for military service members stationed around the world. To help the families and friends of military personnel, the Postal Service is offering a discount on its largest Priority Mail Flat-Rate box.

Mail sent to overseas military addresses is charged only domestic mail prices. The domestic mail price for the largest Flat-Rate Priority Mail box is $12.95, but for packages to APO/FPO addresses, the price is reduced to only $10.95. Flat-Rate boxes are free at any Post Office, or can be ordered online at usps.com. Postage, labels and customs forms can be printed online any time using Click-N-Ship at www.usps.com/clicknship.

“Flat-Rate Priority Mail boxes offer the best bargain in holiday shipping,” says Paul Vogel, managing director, Global Business and senior vice president. “The contents can be any weight for one low rate. If it fits, it ships.”

The Postal Service continues to show its support by offering free Military Care Kits, designed specifically for military families sending packages overseas. The mailing kits can be ordered by phone by calling      1-800-610-8734 and asking for the Care Kit. Each kit includes two Priority Mail boxes, six Priority Mail Flat-Rate boxes, eight Priority Mail labels, one roll of Priority Mail tape and eight customs forms with envelopes.

“The best support for the troops this holiday season is a gift that’s on time, so mail before the deadline,” Vogel advises.

To ensure delivery of holiday cards and packages by Dec. 25 to military APO/FPO addresses overseas, the Postal Service recommends that mail for service members be entered no later than the mailing dates listed below. Mail addressed to military post offices overseas is subject to certain conditions or restrictions regarding content, preparation and handling. APO/FPO addresses generally require customs forms. To see a table of active APO and FPO addresses and mailing restrictions by individual APO/FPO ZIP Codes, go to pe.usps.com and click “Postal Bulletins” in the left column. Select the current issue and look for the heading “Overseas Military Mail.”

     

Military Mail Addressed To
Express Mail® Military Service (EMMS)1/
First-Class Mail® Letters/Cards
Priority Mail®

 

Parcel Airlift Mail
(PAL) 2/
Space Available Mail
(SAM) 3/ 
Parcel Post®

 

APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092

Dec 18 

Dec 11

Dec 11

Dec 4

Nov 28 

Nov 13

APO/FPO AE ZIP 093

N/A

 

Dec 4

 

Dec 4

Dec 1

Nov 21

Nov 13

APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 

Dec 18

Dec 11

Dec 11

Dec 4

Nov 28

Nov 13

APO/FPO AA ZIPs 340

Dec 18 

Dec 11

Dec 11

Dec 4 

Nov 28 

Nov 13

APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966

Dec 18

Dec 11

Dec 11

Dec 4

Nov 28

Nov 13

 

1/   EMMS: 

Express Mail Military Service is available to selected military post offices. Check with your local Post  Office to determine if this service is available to your APO/FPO of address.

2/   PAL:         

PAL is a service that provides air transportation for parcels on a space-available basis. It is available for Parcel Post    items not exceeding 30 pounds in weight or 60 inches in length and girth combined. The applicable PAL fee must be  
paid in addition to the regular surface rate of postage for each addressed piece sent by PAL service.

3/   SAM:    

SAM parcels are paid at the Parcel Post postage rate with maximum weight and size limits of 15 pounds and 60 inches in length and girth combined. SAM parcels are first transported domestically by surface and then to  
overseas destinations by air on a space-available basis.

Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/welcome.htm. An audio news release is available in the newsroom.
An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 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, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.
 

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