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Message:: [QUOTE="lilacs in purple, post: 2112407, member: 72643"]I use to work in the "Snake Pit", and I can tell you first class is slower than Priority. Whereas first class does not have to be processed the same day it reaches the distribution centers, but priority does. Secondly, distance and how near your package will be to either the distribution center or an airport determines how long it takes to get to its destination. Once it reaches, if it is a small town, it is then transported by truck, in the wilderness, burro, horse, cow, what have you. If the package is not addressed correctly, the optical scanners can not read the package, if the zip code does not have the extra four digits, that delays the package. Use only dark blue or black ink. Mail early in the day. Collection boxes have schedules make sure you know them. Lastly, if that package is lost, only the sender can initiate the claim and not until sixty days has lapse. If it is sent priority, there is an automatic fifty dollars insurance and tracking number. Claims are usually done on line if the package is missing, it just takes a long time to be settled. The US Mint uses a contractor to fill orders, and they use Fedex, who then uses the PO to deliver their parcels. I have been waiting since 2/25/15 and the scan only says the info has been sent to the USPS on 3/9/15, nothing more. I have submitted my claim to the Mint.[/QUOTE]