OCR Text |
Show Express Mail offers hope for last minute shoppers You just learned that your long-lost aunt is sending you a Christmas present, and you want to .. reciprocate. The problem is that you're down to the last minute. What do you do? Use the last-minute shoppers' and mailers' solution. It's called Express Mail Next Day Service, and it's available at the local post office. "With Express Mail, customers can reach many cities from our town," says Pleasant Grove Postmaster Post-master Donald F. Keele. "You can mail a package by 4 p.m. one day and have it reach the addressee by 3 p.m. the following day. Customers also have the option of having their Express Mail package available at the destination post office by 10 a.m. the next business day. Express Mail offers weekend and Christmas Day delivery to the addressee at no extra charge. From here, Postmaster Keele says hundreds hun-dreds of cities can be reached via the Express Mail Service network. Items weighing up to 70 pounds can be sent by Express Mail. The service includes merchandise in surance coverage up to $500 at no additional charge. Also, the sender can apply for a full refund of postage if a shipment is late. A package weighing up to two pounds mailed from here to Chicago costs $9.35 for delivery to addressee and $5.85 for post office to1 post office service. A 10-pound package mailed to the same city would cost $16.85 for delivery to addressee and $13.50 for post office to post office. |