[hughr]

How do these facilities work? Does each residence within a given village have a postal box at the nearest facility? Are they for mail delivery only or for both mail sending and delivery?

Originally Posted by hughr

How do these facilities work? Does each residence within a given village have a postal box at the nearest facility? Are they for mail delivery only or for both mail sending and delivery?

Each house has a PO box in the Village it is located. It is for both coming and going US mail. UPS and other stuff comes to the house.

It is not always the closest postal facility to your house just the one for your Village.

[redwitch]

I'm lucky, my mailbox is 2 blocks from my house. So, I think they try to make them relatively close but this isn't really possible if you're in the middle of your village.

FYI: If you get a larger package, it will be put in a box with the key for that box in your mailbox. If it is too large, I understand you'll have to go to the post office branch to pick it up.