2025 holiday shipping deadlines and festive stamps

November 24, 2025

Categories: Mail Services

stamp with a stylistically illustrated reindeer standing in a snowy landscape

Save a trip to the post office and drop off your holiday packages here on campus. Visit Lower Prospector to send and pick up mail and purchase postage supplies.

If you want your mail delivered by Dec. 25, be sure to check the shipping deadlines listed below.

Holiday Shipping Deadlines

The US Postal Service recommends shipping by these dates to have mail delivered before Dec. 25.

Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48 states excluding Alaska & Hawaii)

Dec. 17 – USPS Ground Advantage® Service
Dec. 17 – First-Class Mail® Service
Dec. 18 – Priority Mail® Service
Dec. 20 – Priority Mail Express® Service2

Alaska & Hawaii

Dec. 16 – USPS Ground Advantage® Service
Dec. 17 – First-Class Mail® Service
Dec. 18 – Priority Mail® Service
Dec. 20 – Priority Mail Express® Service2

See USPS holiday shipping deadlines for more information like international and military shipping dates.

Festive Holiday Stamps

Special holiday stamps are now at Mail & Package Services. Add some festive flair to your mail with these unique designs, perfect for celebrating the holidays and winter season.

Domestic first class mail stamps are $0.78 each.

stamps with snowflake, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas ornament — These holiday stamps and more are available for purchase at Mail Services.

International first class mail stamps are $1.70 each.