Postal & Parcel Services is part of the Facilities Planning & Management team on the Iowa State University campus.  We provide delivery and pickup of all US, International, and campus (interdepartmental) mail for university buildings and departments. Outgoing US, International, and express packages are collected, processed, and dispatched from our center daily.

Charges are made to departments using P-numbers (barcode numbers) which are established by furnishing an intramural purchase order to us, usually at the beginning of each fiscal year. The intramural must contain the name, address and telephone number of an individual who will be responsible for the account.  With this information, we assign the account a barcode number, or P-number, and print out barcode labels to send to the department for their use in sending mail.

When sending mail, a department must fill out a Mail Instruction Card (these can be obtained at the University Book Store).  These cards give all the available options for mail services based on the method chosen.

Only official university business papers and packages may be transmitted via Postal & Parcel Services. This includes mail dealing with curriculum or official university business between departments, instructors, advisors, or students in residence halls. All items sent to Postal and Parcel Services for postage metering and shipping must have an official university department return address.

All personal mail or items that are not university business should be sent to an individual's home address.  Personal mail includes, but is not limited to, utility bills, CD's and tapes, merchandise catalogs, personal merchandise orders, bank statements, periodicals, gifts, bills and invoices.