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The United States Postal Service (USPS) provides Priority Mail Express [1] for domestic U.S. delivery, and offers two types of international Express Mail services, although only one of them is part of the EMS standard. One is called Priority Mail Express International [2] and the other service is called Global Express Guaranteed (GXG). [3]
The service became quickly popular: for UPS the number of packages tracked on the web increased from 600 a day in 1995 [9] to 3.3 million a day in 1999. [10] On-line package tracking became available for all major carrier companies, and was improved by the emergence of websites that offered consolidated tracking for different mail carriers. [11]
The USPS started delivering Priority Mail Express packages on Christmas Day in select locations for an additional fee. [25] The holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the peak period for the Postal Service, [28] representing a total volume of 11.7 billion packages and pieces of mail during this time in 2022. [29]
It is a unique ID number or code assigned to a package or parcel. The tracking number is typically printed on the shipping label as a bar code that can be scanned by anyone with a bar code reader or smartphone. In the United States, some of the carriers using tracking numbers include UPS, [1] FedEx, [2] and the United States Postal Service. [3]
[1] [a] The labels include delivery confirmation numbers to track date and time of delivery or attempted delivery. [2] Other than the cost of postage, there is no fee to create labels for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Global Priority Mail, or Global Express Mail if the sender uses USPS Flat Rate envelopes or boxes. [3]
Express mail is an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery. Express mail is a service for domestic and international mail, and is in most nations governed by the country's own postal administration. Since 1999, the international express delivery services are governed by the EMS Cooperative. [1]