Postal Services Vocabulary

a box or other container with something inside, that is given or mailed to someone

• airmail

• stamps

• package

• wrapped

A container, usually square or rectangular is a

covered in paper, or another material

• wrapped

• airmail

• postage

• parcel

letters or packages that are delivered by airplane

• surface mail

• airmail

• special delivery

• stamps

a flat container, made of paper that holds letters

• express

• envelope

• parcel

• postage

A place to buy stamps and send or receive mail is a

regular mail sent by land or sea

• special delivery

• airmail

• package

• surface mail

quickly, used to describe a mail service that sends things quickly

• special delivery

• wrapped

• express

• post office

a box or other container with something inside, that is given or mailed to someone, package

• parcel

• express

• wrapped

• postage

the total amount it costs to send something in the mail

• parcel

• special delivery

• package

• postage