Holiday peak season preparations continue across the USPS network
First quarter-to-date service performance scores covering the period Oct. 1 through Oct. 22 included: *First-Class Mail: 91.0 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 3.0 percentage points from the fourth quarter. *Marketing Mail: 92.8 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an increase of .2 percentage points from the fourth quarter. *Periodicals: 83.3 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 1.2 percentage points from the fourth quarter.