Effective today, March 15, the USPS will resume service to four international destinations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Moldova, and Montenegro. Service to these destinations was initially suspended on April 24, 2020 due to lack of transportation as a result of coronavirus.
Additionally, the USPS will suspend international service to The British Virgin Islands effective immediately. With these updates, the list of USPS suspended international destinations now stands at 108:
The USPS has announced that mail service will resume to eight previously suspended Military Mail ZIPs beginning May 7,2020. The affected ZIPs were initially suspended due to limited transportation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For a full list of USPS service alterations due to coronavirus visit the Stamps.com Cornavirus Updates Page.
Mail service to the following ZIPs will be reinstated May 7,2020:
Additionally, the USPS has received notifications from the postal
services of Rwanda and Honduras detailing
Honduras Empresa de Correos de Honduras has extended the suspension of postal services until May 17, 2020.
Rwanda The National Postal Corporation has advised that due to the prohibition of passenger flights to and from Rwanda, suspension of all mail services will continue until further notice.
Effective May 1, 2020, the USPS is suspending outbound mail services to Namibia. Including Nambia, the total number of international destinations suspended now stands at 112. For a full list of service disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic visit the Stamps.com Coronvirus Updates Page.
Additionally, the USPS has received
communications from international postal services regarding new service interruptions.
British Virgin Islands BVI Post has suspended all inbound and outbound mail services until further notice.
Honduras Empresa de Correos de Honduras (Honducor) has extended the suspension of mail services until May 3, 2020.
Italy Poste Italiane will continue extended measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19 until further notice. These measures include the suspension of signature service and service standards, limitations on the size and weight of parcels, and changes to the number delivery attempts that will be made before a package is returned to sender.
Kuwait Kuwait Postal Sector has extended the suspension of all inbound and outbound mail services until June 1, 2020.
Poland Poczta Polska has announced that, until further notice, new procedures will be used for the delivery of items that require a signature on delivery. If the recipient refuses to sign for the items that would normally require a signature, the mail carrier will record the last four digits of the recipients ID.
As of April 22, 2020, the USPS has suspended International Mail services to 111 destinations. As a temporary measure, the USPS will not accept mail addressed to these destinations. Stamps.com software will automatically notify customers when a destination is unable to receive USPS packages—so you don’t have to worry about printing postage for a mailpiece that can’t be sent.
Today, April 20, 2020, the USPS received communications from six international carriers announcing extensions of existing service alterations and one new service alteration. Be advised that USPS packages sent to these locations may be affected. For a full list of all international service disruptions visit the Stamps.com Coronvirus Updates Page.
Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands Postal Service has extended the suspension of all postal operations until May 4, 2020.
Curaçao Cpost International N.V. has extended the suspension of all postal operations until April 27, 2020.
France La Poste has advised customers that the French Government has extended its orders to combat the spread of coronavirus until May 11, 2020. As a result, La Poste will extend its previously announced service alterations.
Jordan Jordan Post Company has advised that at this time outbound letter mail can only be sent to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Express Mail Service is available to all international destinations with the exception of India. Additionally, all items destined to Jordan are being sanitized, and no signatures are being required for letter-post, parcel-post or EMS items.
Maldives Maldives Post has extended the suspension of all postal operations until May 3, 2020, or until further notice.
Portugal CTT Correios de Portugal has extended measures aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus until May 2, 2020.
Rwanda The National Postal Corporation (Iposita) has extended the suspension of all postal operations until April 30, 2020.
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