Are Post Offices Open on Good Friday? – USPS

Good Friday is the day when Jesus Christ was Crucified. On this day, most of the companies do not provide their services because they observe this day as a holiday. Is USPS one of them?

USPS customers want to know the service availability of the post offices on the same day. So, the question that arises here is, “Are post offices open on Good Friday?” Let’s find out the real status of the post offices:

Is the Post Office Open on Good Friday?

Is the Post Office Open on Good Friday

Yes, the post office is open on Good Friday, 15 April 2022. It is not a holiday, according to the post office holiday list. It is not also a federal holiday. This is the reason all the post offices of USPS are open on this day. All the U.S postal services are active on this day. So, it becomes easy for the customers to use post office services on Good Friday by visiting the nearest post office. You can expect the delivery of your mail on Good Friday.

Unlike Good Friday, all other holidays like Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, etc. are considered holidays by USPS because these holidays are officially counted as federal holidays.

If you have some urgent mail to send to your loved ones or colleagues, then you can use the special service of USPS, i.e., Priority Mail Express service. It is the only service of the post offices that is available 7-days a week and 365-days a year.

If you don’t know the holidays of the post offices on which it doesn’t serve the people of the United States, then you should check the holiday list released by USPS itself:

Date Holidays
31 December, Friday New Year’s Day*
17 January, Monday Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
21 February, Monday Presidents’ Day
30 May, Monday Memorial Day
20 June, Monday Juneteenth National Independence Day**
04 July, Monday Independence Day
05 September, Monday Labor Day
10 October, Monday Columbus Day
11 November, Friday Veterans Day
24 November, Thursday Thanksgiving Day
26 December, Monday Christmas Day*

These are the only holidays on which all the standard delivery services are not available, and all the post offices are closed in 2022. So, it’s better to check the list of post office holidays before using any of its services.

Conclusion:

Post offices will work on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. All the mailman and other employees of the post offices will work like any other working day. Post office workers will try to deliver your mail or package to your doorstep on time. As mentioned earlier, mail delivery does not take place only on the holidays mentioned above. Those are the only holidays when all the post offices are closed.

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