Community Corner
2012 Mailing Deadlines for Christmas Delivery
Shipping gifts this year? Check the recommended mailing deadlines from the United States Postal Service to ensure packages get delivered in time for the holidays. Remember that your local Concord post office may be closed on weekends.
It feels like the holidays come earlier and earlier every year, especially if you need to send gifts to friends and family members across state lines and international borders.
How can you make sure your packages get to their destination in time for the 2012 holidays? Here's some information that might help.
The Martinez post office is located at 4100 Alhambra Avenue. It's open for shipping packages from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
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Holiday Delivery Deadlines for Domestic Mail
Calculated for December 25, 2012.
Domestic Mail Class/Product
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Dates
First-Class Mail® Service
Dec. 20
Priority Mail® Service
Dec. 21
Express Mail® Service
Dec. 22
Parcel Post® Service
Dec. 14
Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC) Drop Ship
Dec. 19
Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) Drop Ship
Dec. 21
Holiday Delivery Deadlines for International Mail
Destination
Global Express Guaranteed® Service
Express Mail® Service
Priority Mail® Service
First-Class Mail®
International Service
Africa
Dec. 19
Dec. 11
Dec. 3
Dec. 3
Asia / Pacific Rim
Dec. 18
Dec. 15
Dec. 10
Dec. 10
Australia / New Zealand
Dec. 18
Dec. 15
Dec. 10
Dec. 10
Canada
Dec. 20
Dec. 17
Dec. 13
Dec. 10
Caribbean
Dec. 19
Dec. 15
Dec. 13
Dec. 10
Central & South America
Dec. 19
Dec. 11
Dec. 3
Dec. 3
Mexico
Dec. 20
Dec. 15
Dec. 10
Dec. 10
Europe
Dec. 19
Dec. 15
Dec. 13
Dec. 10
Middle East
Dec. 19
Dec. 15
Dec. 13
Dec. 10
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