DoD

Honor the Contract

Get

those Christmas cards and packages in the mail early this year!

In

order to ensure Christmas delivery, cards and packages must be

mailed by the following dates.

Military

Mail Addressed to:

First-Class

letters and cards/ all Priority Mail

Parcel

Airlift Mail

Space-

Available Mail

Standard

Mail

APO/FPO

AE zip codes

November

6, November 27, December 3, December 10.

APO/FPO

AA zip codes

November

6, November 27, December 3, December 10.

APO/FPO

AP zip codes

November

6, November 27, December 3, December 10.

Mail

sent from overseas to U.S. zip codes

November

21, December 1, December 5.

Parcel

Airlift Mail is a special service that provides air transportation

for parcels on a space-available basis. Officials advise that

packages sent via PAL must not exceed 30 pounds in weight or 60

inches in length and girth combined.

Parcels

paid for at the Space-Available rate are transported domestically by

surface and then to overseas destinations by air on a space-available

basis. The maximum weight and size limits are 15 pounds and 60 inches

in length and girth combined.

For

letters and packages sent outside the United States but not to

military addresses, the folowing deadlines apply.

International

Mail Addressed to:

Air

Letters and Cards

Air

Parcel Post

Surface

Mail

Africa

December

2, December 2, October 25.

Asia/Pacific

Rim

December

9, December 9, November 5.

Australia/New

Zealand

December

9, December 9, November 5.

Canada/New

Mexico

December

13, December 13, November 26.

Caribbean

December

9, December 9, November 12.

Central

and South America

December

2, December 2, November 5.

Europe

December

9, December 9, November 12.

Middle

East

December

9, December 9, October 29

Further

information can be obtained