AMEX gift cards available at post office locations
American Express Gift Cards are currently available for purchase at Post Offices. Four new holiday-themed designs, including two with Holiday Baubles stamp art, are available for sale in $25 and $50 fixed amounts, as well as variable dollar amounts between $25 and $100. American Express Gift Cards are accepted everywhere as cash and not limited to merchants who accept American Express credit cards.
Gift cards are the most requested gifts during the holidays, and 80 percent of holiday shoppers will buy at least one card this season. Customers can purchase and mail this popular item from their local Post Office. No sales tax is charged for Post Office purchases.
The Postal Service offers special Priority envelopes for use in sending gift cards. Never send a gift card through the mail in regular envelopes. Use the Priority Mail gift card envelope or a padded envelope. Most Post Offices sell greeting cards as well for your convenience.
Help children with their
holiday mail to Santa
Again this year, Santa has asked the Post Office to share these easy tips with children and families to help their letters get to him as quickly as possible.
Children should ask their parents for help addressing and placing stamps on letters. This can avoid misspellings, which can slow down letters, or using too much or too little postage.
Like all mail, it s important that letters to Santa include a complete, legible return address.
Santa enjoys candy canes and cookies and reindeer enjoy fresh hay. But because the treats can be damaged or crushed when sent in a regular envelope, Santa says it s better to leave them out on Christmas Eve than to mail them.
No extra packaging material, such as string or tape, is needed on a letter to Santa. The glue on the envelope flap is all that s needed.
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