• Address cleansing
• Address file preparation
• Barcodes for bulk and reply mail
• Bulk mail processing services
• Bulk mail preparation
• Endorsements
• Nonprofit eligibility
• Permit requirements
• Tabbing specifications
• Time frames

Time frames for bulk mailing

You can speed things up if you send your mailing list when you place your printing order. We will process it while the mailpieces are being printed. And tell us when you want your recipients to receive the mailing, so we can develop a production schedule.

Allow three days in Mailing Services—sometimes more, depending on the volume of your mailing and the kinds of processes that will be used. Using the timetable below, add the number of days the Postal Service needs to process and deliver your mailing. Do not include the holidays listed below as working days for the Postal Service.

Time nonprofit bulk mail will spend
in postal stream

Destination	# working days
Local	2-3
State	4-5
Regional	5-7
National (coast-to-coast)	7-10

2011 U.S. Postal Service holidays

Date	Holiday
January 1, Saturday	New Year’s Day
January 17, Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday
February 21, Monday	George Washington’s birthday
May 30, Monday	Memorial Day
July 4, Monday	Independence Day
September 5, Monday	Labor Day
October 10, Monday	Columbus Day
November 11, Friday	Veterans Day
November 24, Thursday	Thanksgiving
December 26, Monday	Christmas