http://ircalc.usps.gov/mailpiecedimensions.asp#LargePackage
"Packages over 130 inches in length plus girth are not mailable."
6' is 72 inches. 6' by 6' is 148 inches. 148 > 130.
Julie
Dave Smith wrote:
> Juliana L Holm wrote:
>> You can't use a post office. Post Offices will only accept U.S. Mail, and
>> U.S. Mail will not handle anything of this size for a package. The shipping
>> company must be something other than the Post Office.
>>
>> Do you know someone in the U.S. who can take delivery of this, then you come
>> and get it?
> I could not find a USPS site that showed the maximum dimensions they will handle,
> but a Canada Post parcel rate calculator indicated they will accept US bound
> parcels up to 2m, roughly 6' 6" and I can't imagine them doing that unless the USPS
> allowed parcels that large.
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Julie
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