Change of address cards are available at the IUP Post Office or through the IUP Post Office Forms webpage. Simply click on Forms for Forwarding Mail. Download, print, and fill out the form and mail it to the post office, or drop it off before you leave for the summer. The card will also include package forwarding.

Note that FedEx will not forward packages, but will return them to the sender. Please make sure that you contact any persons or companies that you expect to receive packages from and change your address with them directly. UPS will forward packages, but you must supply IUP Postal Services with a change of address card.

Have a nice Summer, and we’ll see you in the Fall.

Post Office Staff

IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent 01-19-2010. Departmental mail will be delivered as scheduled on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

The USPS will be closed in observance of Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2009) and New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1, 2010). Regular mail delivery to IUP will not occur on this day.

The USPS will close at noon on Thursday, December 24, 2009, and close at noon on Thursday, December 31, 2009.

The IUP Post Office will be closed Wednesday, December 30, 2009, and Thursday, December 31, 2009. Regular mail delivery to IUP departments will not occur on these days.

The IUP Post Office holiday scheduled hours:

• Monday, December 21, 2009 — Normal hours/counter service 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 22, 2009 — Normal hours/counter service 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 23, 2009 — Normal hours/counter service 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, December 24, 2009 — CLOSED
• Friday, December 25, 2009 — CLOSED
• Saturday, December 26, 2009 — Counter service 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
• Monday, December 28, 2009 — Normal hours/counter service 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 29, 2009 — Normal hours/counter service 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 30, 2009 — CLOSED
• Thursday, December 31, 2009 — CLOSED
• Friday, January 1, 2010 — CLOSED
• Saturday, January 2, 2010 — Counter service 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent 12-29-2009, and 01-04-2010.

Departmental mail will be delivered as scheduled on Monday, January 4, 2010.

The IUP Post Office will be closed Friday, November 27, 2009. Regular mail delivery to IUP will not occur on this day.

IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent November 30, 2009. Departmental mail will be delivered as scheduled on Monday, November 30, 2009.

The IUP Post Office will be open Saturday, November 28, 2009.

Regular mail delivery to IUP will not occur on this day. IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent November 12, 2009.

Departmental mail will be delivered as scheduled on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent October 13, 2009.

IUP Post Office

Regular mail delivery to IUP will not occur on this day.

IUP's outgoing metered mail will be dated and sent May 26, 2009.

Departmental mail will be delivered as scheduled on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

IUP Post Office 

Our Mailing Services prices change on May 11, 2009. Highlights of the price change include:

• The price of a First-Class Mail stamp increases 2¢, to 44¢. No changes to the additional-ounce price or the nonmachinable surcharge
• New options for preparing First-Class Mail automation letters and Standard Mail automation and machinable letters
• Aligned machinable and automation letter characteristics for First-Class Mail (commercial) and Standard Mail
• New Standard Mail saturation mail initiatives to encourage growth
• Parcel Post simplified to one price list
• Added a new Bronze tier for small-volume Confirm users

Mailers may use plant-verified drop shipment (PVDS) during the price change as follows:

• Current Prices — Mailers may use the current prices for PVDS mailings verified and paid before May 11. We will accept these mailings at destination entry postal facilities up to May 26 when presented with appropriate verification and payment documentation.
• New Prices — Mailers may use the new prices for PVDS mailings verified and paid beginning April 13 for deposit on or after May 11. We will accept these mailings at destination entry postal facilities beginning May 11 when presented with appropriate verification and payment documentation.

Resources

We have resources and tools at the USPS Price Change webpage to help you prepare for the mailing services pricing change. You will find many helpful materials, including the updated Price List with new prices for First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Special Services. We’ve also posted our Federal Register notices, downloadable price files, new postage statements, links to Postal Explorer, and more.

In addition, check out our March/April MailPro [MailPro—HTML] | [MailPro—PDF] on usps.com/mailpro for extensive information on the price change, including FAQs. We also provided a Pricing Implementation Kit in the April 9 Postal Bulletin. The kit is loaded with useful information for employees. We encourage everyone to review the MailPro and Bulletin to prepare for the pricing change.

Full-Service Intelligent Mail^®

We will continue to provide updates from the Intelligent Mail team as the May 18 implementation approaches. Access the many Intelligent Mail resources and guides at the National Customer Support Center.

P&C Weekly is intended for postal employees only. To subscribe, send an e-mail to pandcweekly@usps.gov. Simply indicate “subscribe” in the subject line.

We are changing the mail preparation standards for First-Class Mail and Standard Mail machinable letters as published in the January 29 Federal Register. Beginning May 11, machinable letters must meet all of the standards for automation letters, except for the barcode requirement.

This change will enable us to process more machinable mail on automated letter-sorting machines, especially unenveloped pieces like booklets and folded self-mailers. When these pieces lack adequate tabs or seals, they frequently become damaged or jam the letter-sorting equipment.

Our changes include the following:

• All folded self-mailers and booklets mailed at the machinable prices must be sealed with tabs, tape, glue spots, or glue lines. Follow the tabbing instructions in Quick Service Guide 201b, Using Tabs, Wafer Seals, and Glue Spots.
• The maximum weight for machinable and automation letter-size booklets and folded self-mailers is 3 ounces.
• Letters closed with staples and letters without closures are nonmachinable and eligible only for the nonmachinable prices.

On September 8, 2009, new tabbing and construction standards for machinable and automation letter-size booklets become effective. To learn more about the new standards, visit Postal Explorer and click on Federal Register Notices. Scroll down to the notice titled “New Standards for Letter-Sized Booklets.”

6 1/8" × 11½" × ¼" thick

A detailed description of these changes are expained by downloading the the PDF file below:

Flats Fact Sheet: Standard

Please ensure that you are in compliance effective March 29.

This regulation does not apply to First Class Mail.

Questions can be directed to any of the USPS Business Mail Entry staff:

Chuck Wehner: 814-898-5876

Lois Kelley: 814-898-5877

Jane Mitchel: 724-465-4520

or

Sherry Mikolajewski
Business Service Network
U.S. Postal Service
2709 Legion Rd
Erie, PA 16515-9996
814-836-7351
800-767-9467 Opt 1 Ext 7351
Fax: 814-836-7215
E-mail: Sherry.L.Mikolajewski@USPS.gov