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Since our inception in 1988, MailCo USA has been committed to providing customers with low cost, efficient mailing and business services. With over 200 years accumulative experience working with the United States Postal Service, we are knowledgeable concerning all postal regulations and requirements. Whether it's daily mail, or a special direct mail project--we can help. Come find out what many of the state's largest and most successful companies have known for years.

2010 Holiday Shipping Cut Off Dates

Want it delivered by December 25? Find shipping and mailing deadlines for your military and international cards and packages here.

* SOME EXPRESS MAIL DESTINATIONS MAY HAVE EXTENDED SERVICE COMMITMENTS

1/ EMMS: AVAILABLE TO SELECTED MILITARY POST OFFICES. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE TO DETERMINE IF THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO AN APO/FPO ADDRESS.

2/ PAL: A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR PARCELS ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PARCEL POST ITEMS NOT EXCEEDING 30 POUNDS IN WEIGHT OR 60 INCHES IN LENGTH AND GIRTH COMBINED. THE APPLICABLE PAL FEE MUST BE PAID IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR SURFACE RATE OF POSTAGE FOR EACH ADDRESSED PIECE SENT BY PAL SERVICE.

3/ SAM: PARCELS ARE PAID AT PARCEL POST POSTAGE RATE OF POSTAGE WITH MAXIMUM WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITS OF 15 POUNDS AND 60 INCHES IN LENGTH AND GIRTH COMBINED. SAM PARCELS ARE FIRST TRANSPORTED DOMESTICALLY BY SURFACE AND THEN TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS BY AIR ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS.

*GXG: CUTOFF DATE DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TIME NEEDED FOR CUSTOMS CLEARANCE. EXTRA TRANSIT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOCATED.

Direct mail got a shout out from leading opinion site The Huffington Post recently. In her editorial, marketing expert, author and public speaker Sarah O'Leary reminds marketers that e-mail's "efficiency without effectiveness" can be wasteful. Consumers now inundated with unwanted e-mail are digitally throwing out the spam while today's direct mail is more apt to be opened and read. According to O'Leary, "To reach your consumers in the Internet age, sometimes you have to lick a few stamps."

Written by Kathy Ferguson, President, MailCo USA

Since the Continental Congress named Benjamin Franklin the first postmaster general in 1775, mail has encouraged the free flow of ideas and information. In the more than two centuries

Want a better credit card offer? Look inside the mailbox. After pulling back on offers during the recession, credit card marketers opened up their wallets and made significant increases in customer acquisition mailings. According to Synovate Mail Monitor, U.S. households received 481.3 million credit card offers in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 29 percent compared to the same time a year ago. Consumers received better offers, too, reports the direct mail tracker service. Credit card issuers extended introductory purchase ARPs, and annual fees fell from a mean of $93 in 2009 to $68 in the first quarter of 2010.

Getting Ready for the Most Wonderful Time of Year
WASHINGTON — Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night will keep the Postal Service from doing what it does best — delivering the holidays. Between now and Christmas Eve, the Postal Service will deliver 15.8 billion cards, letters and packages across the country and around the world.

Season’s Greenings from the U.S. Postal Service
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is the top choice for customers who want to go green and save green this holiday season.

Postal Service, One of Two Unions, Continue Negotiations Past Deadline to Noon, Nov. 23
WASHINGTON — Contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) expired at midnight Sat., Nov. 20. While negotiations with the NRLCA resulted in an impasse, the Postal Service and the APWU agreed to extend the negotiation deadline until Tue., Nov. 23 at noon ET.

Postal Service Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes Celebrate Birthday
WASHINGTON — Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes are set to celebrate six years of unprecedented success in the expedited shipping industry, making their mark in a crowded marketplace by delivering a unique set of product attributes along with an award-winning ad campaign debunking the widely held perception that “shipping is complicated.”

On May 11, 2009, the price of a First-Class Mail stamp rose to 44 cents.