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MAILING YOUR CARD OR LETTER
Your hotel might have a postal desk, which is a good place to mail your
cards or letters. Otherwise, the simplest way of mailing a letter with the right stamps
attached is by putting it in one of the blue mail-boxes. These can be found near all local post-offices and at different locations throughout the
city. Every post-office has another mail-box indoors.
A very conveniently located post-office is at Nevsky Prospekt near
the Grand Hotel Europe and across the street from the Gostiny Dvor
department store. Go inside and walk up the stairs. The stamps/envelopes/cards counter
will be just in front of you and the mail-box is in the end of the hall near customer P.O.
boxes.
You can mail your cards or letters at the Central
Post Office (at Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa 9). Put your letters in the international
mail-box in the lobby or take them to window 24, where a clerk will weigh your letters,
put an Air Mail sticker and postage stamps on them (if necessary) and send them directly
to the mail-processing room. Sending a letter from the Central Post Office might reduce
your letter's delivery time by 1 or 2 days.
If you want to send your letter by speedy mail or express-mail, please refer to the relevant topics.
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RECEIVING MAIL
The American Express office at Grand Hotel Europe (Address:
Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa 1) will hold mail and messages for card holders and users of
American Express traveler's cheques. Mail (letters only, no parcels) will be kept at the
office for up to 30 days. A mailing address for St. Petersburg is:
American Express
P.O. Box 87
SF-53501 Lappeenranta
FINLAND
Mail is brought from Lappeenranta to St. Petersburg's American Express
office daily, at no charge. When you come to collect your mail bring along your AmEx card
or traveler's cheques as well as your passport (or other ID). Office telephone number is
119-60-19.
Westpost at Dom Aktiora (Address: Nevsky Prospekt 86) offers
post boxes in Lappeenranta with daily pick-up and delivery to its offices. Non-client
visitors can have their mail delivered to: PL 8, SF-53501, Lappeentanta, FINLAND for a $1
fee. You can pick it up at the Westpost office. You can also become a Westpost basic
client for $20
Post International at Nevsky Prospekt 20 offers post boxes in the
USA from which mail is forwarded to you. The fee is $50.
For receiving faxes and e-mail
see the relevant sections.
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CENTRAL POST OFFICE
Address: Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa 9
The Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt) is a huge post and
communications center located in downtown St. Petersburg (one block West from St Isaac's
Cathedral). Look for a two-storey yellow building with an arch over the street.
The Post Office is huge and every counter is for a specific task only.
Here are some of the most useful counters:
Windows 7,8 |
Money transfers
(Russia and CIS) |
Window 9 |
Subscriptions
(Postal code 190000 area only) |
Window 12 |
Collection stamps |
Window 13 |
Recorded mail |
Window 14 |
Customs clearance for international parcels |
Window 24 |
International ordinary and recorded mail counter |
Window 28 |
Wrapping and packing small packages and parcels. Small packages counter |
Window 29 |
Ordinary and recorded parcels |
Windows 31,32 |
Parcels within Russia |
Window 38 |
Telegrams, fax service, photocopying. SPT and BCL phonecards on sale |
Window 46 |
International express mail "Euroletter" (in association with Swedish Post) |
Window 47 |
EMS Garantpost - Express Mail of Russia |
Window 48 |
E-mail.
Direct mail advertising |
Window 49 |
Fast mail to St.
Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast (Region), Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk |
Window 50 |
Help desk. Your
questions in Russian should be addressed here |
Envelopes and cards can be purchased at the kiosk and windows 8, 13,
24, 39, 46, 51
You can by postage at the kiosk or at window 24 where you turn in your letters
Mail boxes are in the lobby. Look for the one with the sign "International
Correspondence"
Currency Exchange is adjacent to the Lobby (near the exit)
BCL International card telephone is in the Lobby (Phone cards available from window
38)
Pharmacy kiosk is in the Lobby
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LOCAL POST-OFFICES
Local post offices can be found all around the city and normally the
number of services they offer is proportional of their size. All post offices should be
able to sell you envelopes and stamps, accept recorded mail and handle all correspondence
addressed to Russia and CIS countries as well as cards and letters you want to send
abroad. Every post-office has a box where you can post your international cards and
letters.
International parcels should be sent from the Central
Post Office (it seems to be the only place that provides customs clearance for
parcels that need it). If you stay in a private apartment, parcels sent to that address
will arrive at the local post-office. A note will be sent to inform you that a parcel is
there for you to collect (If you collect a recorded parcel you will be asked to show some
ID).
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EXPRESS MAIL
Several companies provide express mail services.
EMS Garantpost - Express Mail of Russia
Express "door to door" delivery to 184 countries in 48 -120 hours
Main office: Konnogvardeisky Bulvar (Boulevard) 4, entrance 2
Telephone: 311-96-71, 311-78-21
Fax: 311-92-88
Express mail counters:
The Central
Post Office (Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa 9), window 48
Post Office # 11 (Nevsky Prospekt 42, Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor)
Post Office # 28 (Liteiny Prospekt 29, Metro: Chernyshevskaya)
Hotel Moskva (Ploschad Aleksandra Nevskovo 1, Metro: Ploschad Aleksandra Nevskovo)
The International Business Center (Ploschad Proletarskoy Diktatury 6)
DHL Worldwide Express
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 57, Nevskij Palace Hotel (Metro: Mayakovskaya)
Telephone: 325-61-00
Fax: 325-61-16
E-mail: dhlled@sovam.com
2) Address: Izmailovsky Prospekt 4
Telephone: 326-64-00
Fax: 326-64-10
E-mail: dhlled@sovam.com
Federal Express
Address: Ulitsa Mayakovskovo 2 (Metro: Mayakovskaya)
Telephone: 279-12-87
Fax: 273-21-39
E-mail: fedex@irida.spb.su
TNT Express Worldwide
1) Address: Liteiny Prospekt 50 (Metro: Chernyshevskaya)
Telephone/fax: 273-60-07
2) Address: Shturmanskaya Ulitsa 12
Telephone: 104-38-41
Fax: 104-36-84
UPS - United Parcel Service
Address: Ulitsa Saltykova-Schedrina 31 (Metro: Chernyshevskaya)
Telephone: 327-85-40
Fax: 275-44-05