The United States Postal Service has chosen today as the start of the first of 2 rounds of changes to how they’ll deliver certain mail from now on.
Phase one starts today, April 1st, 2025, and the second phase will begin on July 1st.
The changes will not affect all mail deliveries; some mail will have faster delivery standards, and others will have a slightly slower standard.
The fact sheet for explanation of the changes calls this ‘refining service standards’ and explains that the mail affected will be: First-Class Mail, Periodicals, Marketing Mail, Package Services (Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and Library Mail), USPS Ground Advantage, Priority Mail, and Priority Mail Express…