Postcards

[sparkly122]

While I believe postcards are widely available for purchase everywhere, can someone tell me whether there is a post office near the port of Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway?  Would like to send postcards to friends back home and just wanted to make sure that I can!

 

Thank you all.

[Water watcher]

I bought a postcard in one of those ports  , the store  had stamps and if I recall they even mailed it for me 

[breezy_carol]

We took stamps with us and found mail boxes everywhere.  We did go to the post office in Skagway, which was a distance from the port.

 

I found this on the USPS website where you can locate the nearest collection box.  I used that in ports to find a mail box.  You can also use it to find post offices.

 

collection box locator

[luvteaching]

In Ketchikan there is a mailbox right outside the Visitor's Center. In Juneau there is a post office in town just before you start climbing the hill. There is also one not too far from the whale statue. 

Karen

[sparkly122]

Thank you all for the information. 

[Oviedo32765]

On 9/19/2019 at 9:20 AM, breezy_carol said:

We took stamps with us and found mail boxes everywhere.  We did go to the post office in Skagway, which was a distance from the port.

 

I found this on the USPS website where you can locate the nearest collection box.  I used that in ports to find a mail box.  You can also use it to find post offices.

 

collection box locator

 

There is an Apple App for that - USPS Mobile

[Coral]

The post office in Skagway is right in the middle of the main street there (Broadway Street).

[Melinda Brasher]

I agree that as long as you're looking for US stamps, it's no problem buying them in the tourist shops.  They'll also usually take the postcard for you if you don't want to look for a mailbox.  I'm not sure about international stamps. 

[SuperCrewBear]

Not exactly what was originally asked...  A few years ago I discovered some wooden postcards at a shop in Talkeetna that I mailed to a few friends.  Since then I've been on the lookout for them when I've been in Alaska.  I've found them at a gift shop in downtown Fairbanks and a place in Anchorage on 4th Avenue. I think I found some in Skagway one day too.  They are pretty cool and everyone likes them - I've sent several to the same friend and she has them lined  up on a shelf in her house now. Ha Ha  For one mailed in the USA I put a $2 stamp on one and when I mailed a couple internationally I put a $2 & $1 stamps.  I wanted to use real stamps and I know I'm putting a little too much but it's easier...  I bought the stamps ahead at home so I would have them ready to go.

 

 

[oaktreerb]

Cruisers  in the Skagway post office will be mailing things home in a “if it fits, it ships” box!    Great resource for people on Yukon overland trips and people who have purchased heavy books and other heavy or bulky items.