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The USPS has received communications from four international postal services regarding new service interruptions. For more information about service alterations due to coronavirus visit the Stamps.com Cornavirus Updates Page.

Honduras
Empresa de Correos de Honduras (Honducor) has extended the suspension of all postal services until May 31, 2020—this date may be subject to change.

Peru
Servicios Postales del Perú has announced that the suspension of all postal services has been extended until further notice.

Slovenia
Slovenia, Pošta Slovenije, has announced that postal services are now gradually returning to normal. Outbound mail service will resume based on the availability of flights and transport capacity.

Spain
Correos y Telégrafos has advised that the Spanish Government has extended the state of alert until at least June 7, 2020. As a result, the alterations to postal services will remain in effect.

Effective today, May 21, 2020, the USPS has restored mail service to 15 Military Mail ZIPs. These ZIPs were previously suspended on April 9 due to lack of transportation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Including the suspensions lifted today, the USPS has now restored service to a total of 23 Military Mail ZIPs in the past two weeks. For a full list of USPS service alterations due to coronavirus visit the Stamps.com Cornavirus Updates Page.

Mail service to the following ZIPs has been restored:

AE DPO 09175-9997
AE DPO 09614-9997
AE DPO 09836-9997
AA DPO 34011-9997
AA DPO 34020-9997
AA DPO 34024-9997
AA DPO 34030-9997
AA DPO 34031-9997
AA DPO 34032-9997
AA DPO 34033-9997
AA DPO 34034-9997
AA DPO 34035-9997
AA DPO 34036-9997
AA DPO 34039-9997
AA DPO 34068-9997

Additionally, the USPS has received notifications from the postal services of Honduras and Nepal detailing service suspensions.

Honduras
Empresa de Correos de Honduras has extended the suspension of postal services until May 28, 2020.

Nepal
Nepal Post has extended the suspension of all postal services until June 2, 2020.

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:

AE DPO 09289-9997
AE DPO 09701-9997
AE DPO 09802-9997
AE DPO 09808-9997
AE DPO 09842-9997
AE DPO 09895-9997
AA DPO 34004-9997
AA DPO 34022-9997

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.