Greater Wilmington Area Postal Customer Council

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will observe Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 16. All Post Office locations will be closed. Regular mail delivery and retail services will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

02/03/2026 12:00USPS Unveils Latest Lunar New Year Stamp

HOUSTON — Today, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse stamp at the Chinese Community Center in Houston. The Year of the Horse begins Feb. 17, 2026, and ends Feb. 5, 2027.

BOSTON — The U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue stamp dedication to commemorate the life of Phillis Wheatley at the historic Old South Meeting House.

WASHINGTON — Today, the United States Postal Service (USPS) released Colorado Statehood, a new stamp commemorating the state’s 150th anniversary with a photograph called “Foggy Jagged Mountain, Weminuche Wilderness” by nature photographer John Fielder. The first-day-of-issue event was held at the History Colorado Center in Denver in conjunction with the opening of the “Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder” exhibition.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque, a technology executive and creative director, to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, or CSAC.

WEAVERVILLE, NC — The U.S. Postal Service plans to host a job fair to fill immediate openings for full- and part-time positions. To assist potential applicants, USPS personnel will be available to provide detailed information and answer questions about open positions.

WASHINGTON — Through large investments in new technology and new logistics planning and execution, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) significantly improved its delivery performance during this past holiday season. Mail items and packages were delivered within 2.5 days on average (16 billion in volume), compared to 2.8 days during the same period last year (Nov. 15 – Jan. 9). On-time delivery scores were higher virtually across the board, with the best scores being in its last mile Destination Delivery Units (DDU). The DDU space is the subject of the USPS bid solicitation process beginning later this month.

CHARLOTTE, NC — The U.S. Postal Service plans to relocate the Charlotte Yorkmont Post Office, located at 4800 Express Drive, to a yet-to-be-determined location within a three-mile radius of the current site that is suitable to our operational needs.

ALTAMAHAW, NC — The U.S. Postal Service plans to relocate the Altamahaw Post Office, located at 3788 Altamahaw Church Road, to a yet-to-be-determined location within a one-mile radius of the current site that is suitable to our operational needs.

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02/03/2026 07:00Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV®-MTR) Release Notes

These release notes summarize new features and enhancements implemented in deployments to the IV-MTR application.

02/03/2026 07:00ZIP Codes by Area and District codes

The Excel spreadsheet lists ZIP Codes with the associated Area and District Codes.

This document provides a list of active IV-MTR work to be as well as items completed in FY25. *Please note, Postal Pro is the only source for a current IV-MTR Development log as updates will be made on an ongoing basis.

02/02/2026 07:00City/State ZIP Code Weekly Compare

02/02/2026 07:00Automated Zone Indicator (AZI) Table

The AZI table lists each five-digit ZIP Code™ and is an indicator of the type of processing that typically takes place on letter mail destined for each ZIP Code. Each number in the file is a ZIP Code appended with a numeric zone indicator. The five numeric indicators are as follows: Two Pass Zones: Automated two-step sector/segment at mail processing facilities876 Carrier Route Sort Zones: Automated incoming secondary carrier route sorting at plantsCarrier Route Barcode Sorter (CSBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on CSBCS machines at delivery unitsDelivery Barcode Sorter (DBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on DBCS machines at...

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