The Page Field Post Office, 2655 N. Airport Road, Fort Myers, is now one of 500 post offices nationwide to be selected as a distributor of selected Hallmark Cards.

Selected Hallmark Cards are available for purchase at the Page Field Post Office at the same price as in a Hallmark store. Greeting cards are a natural fit for the Post Office. The selected cards include those for thank yous, happy birthday, and other special occasions.

What makes it easy for the customer is they can purchase the card and mail it at the same time!

In addition, everything you need to prepare your package for shipping is available for sale at the Post Office. These ReadyPost products, include decorative packaging items, packaging tape, bubble wraps, various size boxes make it easy for the customer to prepare packages and send them all at once. ReadyPost products are reasonably priced.

For more information about purchasing stamps, stamps by mail, postal regulations, a free subscription to USA Philatelic magazine, Post Office events, the location of the nearest postal store or contract unit, or for answers to your specific Postal Service questions, contact USPS at 1-800-275-8777, or visit www.usps.com. To schedule a presentation for your community, club or group on how the Postal Service brings the Post Office to your home or office computer, call 239-573-9638.

Mr. Zip’s Tip: Each year, postal employees around the country risk their own safety to save the lives of the customers they serve. In 2008, the Postal Service recognized more than 300 employee heroes.

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. 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.