Mail Early and Often
Mail processing equipment operates all day. Please send us your mail as soon as it is ready. Our trucks deliver mail to the U.S. Post Office on Estes Drive (942-4179) at 11:20am and 4:20pm.
- Band Campus Mail separately from outgoing U.S. Mail.
- Use block form addressing with a uniform left-hand margin. See proper addressing below.
- Make sure that you have completed the blue Postage Charge Authorization Form (available from University Mail Services, 962-1139) correctly and completely.
Proper Addressing
Click
here to view guidelines and
State abbreviations as set forth by the U.S. Postal Service.
In 1987, the University implemented a Campus Box Numbering system to replace sorting by department name (Click here to look up an individuals CB#/dept.). This was done to eliminate confusing abbreviations and to improve speed and accuracy in mail sorting. The following formats are outlined for your guidance when addressing Campus and U.S. Mail:
- Inter-office or Campus Mail:
- Addressee
- Department Name
- Campus Box #, Building Name (may use room #)
- CAROLINA CAMPUS
- U.S. Postal Service Mail:
- MR JOHN DOE (USE ALL CAPS)
- SOME DEPARTMENT
- CAMPUS BOX #1234 KING BUILDING
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
- CHAPEL HILL NC 27599-1234
Encourage your correspondents to send their replies to your full current address, so that the Mail Center can easily find you when your mail comes in. This is especially hard with periodicals which are often incompletely addressed. Please advise periodicals to which you subscribe of your full current address.