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Originally Posted by CyttoraksCousin

USPS has contracts with UPS and Fedex to ship packages as they have no way of handling that much volume on their own. Fedex recently signed a 10.5 billion contract to ship postal packages. They ship them to the destination airport then deliver via usps.

The air freight for USPS (US postal service) is handled mostly by FedEx (as they are the largest air carrier in the world) UPS mass delivers packages you send to them to your regional hub post office for distribution by USPS local carriers. this is due to the fact that having the post office deliver it is cheaper than doing it themselves. so if you send something UPS because you have something against the post office remember there's a good chance it will be delivered by your local USPS carrier. by the way the USPS will deliver any package up to 75lbs, usually cheaper than the other big 2. since the advent of E-mail the post office has undergone a dynamic shift in focus to a more package oriented model, letters don't pay the bills anymore... full discloser, I've been working for USPS for about 7 months now.