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Express Mail®

  

For your business.

Express Mail is our fastest service, with a money-back guarantee* and overnight delivery to most U.S. addresses, including PO Boxes™. And you’ll save even more when you buy Express Mail service online.

Includes Free Package Pickup™, signature proof of delivery, and $100 in insurance with additional insurance available up to $5,000.

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Features

  • Overnight delivery to most U.S. locations
  • Money-back guarantee*
  • Free Package Pickup** at your door
  • Includes delivery status information with our Track & Confirm tool and signature proof of delivery
  • Includes $100 in insurance
  • Flat Rate pricing available

Learn about Express Mail Flat Rate Boxes™
and Envelopes ›

Downloadable Pricing Files
Express Mail - Commercial Base™
Express Mail - Commercial Plus™
Express Mail - Retail

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Charge your Express Mail shipments to one account.
Learn more about setting up an Express Mail Corporate Account ›

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Includes Carrier Pickup™, signature proof of delivery, and $100 in insurance with additional insurance available up to $5,000.

Use our Reshipment Service to have your mail collected, repackaged, and shipped to another address. You can schedule when and how often you want to receive reshipments, from Monday through Saturday.

Learn more about our Express Mail Reshipment Service ›

Expedite the transportation of your bulk mailings with Express Mail Open and Distribute. We use regular Express Mail distance-based prices to quickly move your mailings at a reasonable cost.  And with a special bar-coded label, you can track your shipment on USPS.com.

Learn more about our Express Mail Open and Distribute ›

Express Mail offers delivery 365 days a year with no Saturday delivery charges, residential surcharges, or fuel surcharges. Sunday and holiday delivery is available to many ZIP Codes™ for a modest premium. For additional safety, the optional and free Express Mail Hold For Pickup service lets you have your shipment held at any one of our Post Offices™ to await pickup. Express Mail pricing is competitive and you'll save even more when you ship online.

Find out when and where to drop off to get an overnight delivery ›

* Some restrictions apply.
**For details on Free Package Pickup, visit www.usps.com/pickup.

With Express Mail®, you already get…

Insurance coverage up to $100.

Signature proof of delivery available by request after delivery.

Delivery status info with our Track & Confirm tool.

Carrier Pickup™ to have your carrier pick up the package at your door.

Optional Hold For Pickup so customers can pick up valuable and perishable merchandise at a Post Office™.

You can add the following option online…

Insurance coverage from $101 to $500.  Additional coverage varies for USPS.com® and PC Postage Online vendors.

You can add the following options at a Post Office™…

Insurance coverage from $101 to $5,000.

Return Receipt with proof of delivery sent by mail.

Collect on Delivery (COD) Recipient pays for merchandise and shipping when they receive the package. Must meet additional requirements.

Learn more about extra services for business mailings ›

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Businesses qualify for this pricing by…

  • Printing a label with postage on USPS.com®.
  • Having an Express Mail Corporate Account.
  • Using an approved PC Postage provider.
  • Using an information-based indicia (IBI) postage meter.
  • Customers using USPS-approved IBI postage meters that print the IBI with the appropriate price marking ("Commercial Base Price," "Commercial Base Pricing," or "ComBasPrice") and who electronically transmit transactional data to the USPS and use an approved Express Mail shipping label.
  • Using a permit imprint with the Electronic Verification System.

Business qualify for this pricing by shipping 6,000 or more pieces of Express Mail per year—about 25 a day.