Mail Holiday?

According to the morning newspaper some post offices are open today,
some not and some are with shortened hours of operation.
A person must call to find out if their post office is operating or
not.
The rule is: If the holiday falls on Sunday it is observed Monday and
if it falls on Saturday is is observed on Friday.
Does any other nation operate like this to their National Holidays?

Ralphael, the OLD one

On Jul 3, 7:19�am, Ralphael1 wrote:
According to the morning newspaper some post offices are open today,
some not and some are with shortened hours of operation.
A person must call to find out if their post office is operating or
not.
The rule is: If the holiday falls on Sunday it is observed Monday and
if it falls on Saturday is is observed on Friday.
Does any other nation operate like this to their National Holidays?

Ralphael, the OLD one

The 'rule' you cite is only of recent advent when we (the U.S.)
shifted most federal holidays to being observed on a Monday closest to
the actual date.

My local post office is open for 2 hours - 10AM to Noon - and this has
been posted on their doors for more than a week. I am not sure what
leeway a postal station manager has in deciding whether to open or
not, but since the USPS is a government corporation it is not
obligated to follow, in toto, all the federal rules.

On Jul 3, 7:19*am, Ralphael1 wrote:
According to the morning newspaper some post offices are open today,
some not and some are with shortened hours of operation.
A person must call to find out if their post office is operating or
not.
The rule is: If the holiday falls on Sunday it is observed Monday and
if it falls on Saturday is is observed on Friday.
Does any other nation operate like this to their National Holidays?

Ralphael, the OLD one

It applies in some cases in Canada.

B

Ralphael1 a écrit :
According to the morning newspaper some post offices are open today,
some not and some are with shortened hours of operation.
A person must call to find out if their post office is operating or
not.
The rule is: If the holiday falls on Sunday it is observed Monday and
if it falls on Saturday is is observed on Friday.
Does any other nation operate like this to their National Holidays?

Ralphael, the OLD one


Hello Ralph,

In France, we do not operate like that.
A holiday is a holiday : too bad if it falls on Sunday ;-)
[But we have soooo many holidays here !]

Please note that this does not apply to Saturdays : here most Post
Offices are opened on Saturday mornings.

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All the best

Pierre Courtiade
courtiade at free dot fr

In a recent message Ralphael1 wrote:


According to the morning newspaper some post offices are open today,
some not and some are with shortened hours of operation.
A person must call to find out if their post office is operating or
not.
The rule is: If the holiday falls on Sunday it is observed Monday and
if it falls on Saturday is is observed on Friday.
Does any other nation operate like this to their National Holidays?

Ralphael, the OLD one

In the UK most 'bank holidays' as we call them fall on a Monday.

Good Friday is always Friday 8-)

Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year can fall at the weekend,
in which case the Monday (plus Tuesday if Christmas is on
Saturday) is used.

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