[pct-l] Post office

[Ken Powers]

from USPS website:
General Delivery is available for customers if carrier service or a PO Box 
is not an option. Individual mailpieces will be held for up to 30 days and 
can be conveniently picked up by presenting identification. This is also a 
great option if you don’t have a permanent address. To find which office is 
designated for General Delivery at your location, please contact your local 
Postmaster.

My comments:

The address is just:
Your Name,
General Delivery,
Town, ST, zip code.

As mentioned before you probably will need a picture ID to retrieve your 
mail.

General Delivery is usually at only one Post Office in each town/city. Not 
normally a problem on the PCT.

Small Post Offices may not have room to hold packages for 30 days. I suggest 
you write or call the  postmaster to see what that post offices policy is.

We have found that postal employees (and proprietors of other places) we 
have to which we have mailed packages are helpful and sometimes will bend 
their normal rules for hikers. But please be courteous and thankful to them 
so that the hikers behind you will get that same great service!

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Mason" <amason.ml at gmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:59 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Post office


For post office deliveries, is there any addresses? Do you just have
to put general delivery, city, state and zip? No street name or
building numbers?


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