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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has set its Christmas deadlines for those sending gifts and greetings abroad as well as civilian mail.
Civilian surface mail intended for Asia and Africa should be on its way by now, postal officials say.
Christmas parcels intended for military personnel in Australia, the Far East and Southeast Asia also should have been sent already if they were going by surface mail, the least costly method of shipment, the U.S. Postal Service reports.
Items being sent by military Parcel Airlift Mail should be sent in November, postal officials report. That’s also the time to get Space Available Mail on its way.
Here are the Christmas deadlines for civilian mail going abroad:
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