Mail Services

Alternative Delivery Services

In addition to interoffice and USPS mail service, the following delivery services are available for departmental use.

State Inter-agency Mail

This service provides inexpensive delivery to state agency offices in Connecticut. We can pick up interagency mail with your other outgoing mail, or you can deliver it to Mail Services by 4 p.m. Please make sure to address your mail or package clearly.

Express Mail and Special Services

Express mail is an extremely reliable and fast delivery service available through Mail Services. Letters, documents and other items intended for express mail will be picked up with your outgoing mail, or you can deliver your express mail to Mail Services by 4 p.m. Please complete a mailing form, available from Mail Services, and attach it to your express mail.

Special services such as Registered Mail, Insured Mail, Special Delivery, and Return Receipts are also available.


International Mail

How an international piece of mail is addressed has a great impact on whether it is delivered on time, or delivered at all. The U.S. Postal Service requests that the last line of an international address be the country of destination in all caps (in English). Every country has its own unique addressing format and postal code that must also be used. Language differences increase the chances of poor delivery. A sample of how to address foreign mail is as follows:

International Address Format

MR. THOMAS CLARK
117 RUSSELL DRIVE
LONDON WIP7HQ
ENGLAND

Canada Address Format

MRS. HELEN K SAUNDERS
1010 CLEAR STREET
OTTAWA ONTARIO K1A OB1
CANADA

MRS. HELEN K SAUNDERS
1010 CLEAR STREET
OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA
K1A OB1