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Mexico City - Mail Service

The postal service in Mexico City is not considered fast, nor very reliable, so people use it less and less for individual needs. You will receive your utility bills and some bank statements through the mail, though.
Many companies hire delivery persons (in-house messengers) to ensure the arrival of important documents (statements, credit cards, tickets, etc.).
Invitations to important events (weddings, art exhibitions, and others) are hand delivered by specialized companies, which charge around $9 pesos per delivery within Mexico City and its metro area.
In my experience, letters and postcards from abroad do reach their final destination in 3-4 weeks. However, I have received foreign letters and postcards clearly showing that someone ripped off the post stamps!
If you need to send a letter through the mail, post stamps and mail boxes are available mainly at post offices and chain hotels (front desk). You may find a mail box at some supermarkets, but unfortunately, they do not sell post stamps at the supermarket!
The rate for sending an ordinary letter within the national territory is $6 pesos.
For additional rates, log on to:
website: www.sepomex.gob.mx/tarifas/indice.html

Post Office Services
Post offices offer the following services to individuals:

- Delivery of ordinary mail (letters and postcards)
- Post office boxes
- Postal Identification Card (your i.d. card to collect packages and money orders)
- Mail Holding, in case you leave your home for an extended period of time (a confidential mail holding service is also available)
- Confirm Delivery (national and international)
- Mail Tracking
- Pre-paid postage for return mail (national and international)
- Nationwide Money Order (send/receive)
- Money Order from the United States (receive)
- C. O. D.
- Send Insured Cash to a small town in Mexico
- Nationwide parcel (package) delivery
- Parcel (package) insurance (When sending a parcel, best refer to the post office first for dimensions and weight. Not
every size/weight is excepted)
- Bulk mail delivery

Post Office Address
Here the addresses of some post offices within the main expat cluster areas:

Monte Libano
Priv de Monte Libano 11-C
Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec
11001 Mexico DF
Delegación o Municipio: Miguel Hidalgo
Tel: + 52 (55) 5520 1059
Centro Civico Satelite Mex
Circuito Medicos 77
Col. Ciudad Satelite
53101 Mexico DF
Delegación o Municipio: Naucalpan
Tel: + 52 (55) 5572 4827