USPS hold mail end date checks for mail carriers

Hold mail looks easy on paper, but it can create a lot of bad delivery if the end date is not checked closely. I learned that the hard way on a route with several snowbird customers and a couple of apartment units that changed hands during the hold. The mail was not lost. It was sitting in the office, but the handoff between the hold card, the case, and the carrier on the street was weak. What he…