USPS has just announced this major update of your holiday mail
The agency makes big changes before the holiday season.
Greeting cards at Christmas gifts, the last months of the year are the busiest period for themail system. The American postal service (USPS) normally dealsOver 425 million parts Mail every day, but this increases considerably once the holiday season is hit. Last year, the agency acceptedmore than 13.2 billion Letters, cards, apartments and packages for delivery between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve. While we are getting closer and closer to the 2022 holiday season, postal service already makes major upgrades for customers. Read the rest to find out what the USPS provides for the holidays.
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The USPS had previously announced that it was hiking prices for the holidays.
Americans are alreadyaware of a change takes place with their holiday mail, and it is not festive. In August, the postal service announced that it had made an opinion from the postal regulatory commission (PRC) on the planstemporarily For the holiday season 2022. The PRC has sinceapproved the rate Adjustment - Thus, from October 2, your shipping costs could drop from $ 6.50 per package, "depending on the weight of the package and the distanceHe must travel, "The Washington Post Explain.
The increase in rates will remain in force until January 22 and will be online with the temporary vacation price increases that USPs are implemented in 2020 and 2021. In its press release.
But even if you may have to pay a little more, the postal service now reveals a major upgrade of your holiday mail.
The agency will help make your mail more festive.
Your holiday mail could be decorated in a new way this year. USPpublished a press release On September 22, inform customers of a new Christmas stamp. During a dedication ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, the agency unveiled its new stamp forever "Virgin and Child" Christmas Forever. The stamp presents the famous oil painting of the 16th century of the same name.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"I am honored to represent the postal service while we dedicate a Christmas stamp which presents one of the most revered images of the world - the Virgin Mary holding her young child, Jesus", "Jenny Uticback, the vice-president of the development of the postal service organization, said during the dedication. "It is a beautiful work of art, with a particular meaning during this period of the year. I choose my cards of viests carefully, to sign them with love or the best wishes, and I can write a personal note to the 'Interior. Holiday cards are a special way to connect with family and friends. The stamp on the envelope also has a meaning. "
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The postal service has also introduced other holiday stamps.
This is not the only new vacation stamp that the USPS has unveiled for the 2022 season. The agency presentedThree other impressions This month, including one for Hanukka and one for Kwanzaa. The art of the Hanukka stamp "presents aoriginal wall suspension"It was" complexion in hand, applied and padded to form an abstract image of a Hanukkiah, the nine branch candelabra used only in Hanukka ", explains the postal service.
Kwanzaa stamp design "represents two children- A girl and a boy - who have trouble with a Kinara (candle) and the seven lit candles (Mishumaa Saba) in front of them, "said USPS." They are dressed in dresses similar to spiritual clothes. A light blue circle behind the children's heads represents entirely and unifies the figures, and a mosaic motif frames the background. ""
The third is a stamp representing works of four "fanciful vacation elves" preparing treats and toys forHoliday gift offers"By USP. Available in pre -order, becoming available on October 13 and October 20, respectively.
The USPS also seeks to increase its workforce for the holidays.
The preparation of the holidays is at the forefront of the spirit of postal service at the moment. According to a press release of September 12, the agency "actively hires [an]28,000 additional seasonal employees "To help cover the increase in mail delivery during the holiday season. The USP said that this included 1,000 additional truck drivers across the country, as well as letters of letters and team members treatment.
"Successful delivery for the holidays is a cornerstone of our 10 -year delivery plan in America," said the general postmaster Louis Dejoy said in a press release. "" Thanks to the 655,000 women and men of the postal service, recent investments and operational precision improvements, we are ready to be the most used delivery supplier this holiday season. ""
