Noon set as day's final mail collection

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- All Post Offices will be open Dec. 31, but some will shorten lobby hours New Year's Eve. Regular mail delivery for Dec. 31 will be unaffected by the change.

Many businesses close early New Year's Eve, and the number of customers visiting Post Office lobbies greatly diminishes. As such, Post Offices in some locations will close retail operations early Dec. 31.

Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office. To obtain the phone number of a specific Post Office, customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS. Commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit for Dec. 31 hours of operation.

Noon will be the last collection for Dec. 31 processing for mail that is deposited in Postal Service collection boxes and office building lobby receptacles.

Post Offices will be closed Jan. 1. Express Mail will be delivered New Year's Day and regular mail delivery will resume Jan. 2.

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, six days a week. 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.

Source: U.S. Postal Service