Sofia - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Through the embassy. I know of someone who does send mail via the local postal service and says it works find but I've never used it. - Jun 2023


We only ever used DPO to send or receive mail, so we can’t say how the local postal service worked. - Mar 2019


Our limited experience with mail has been very iffy - a postcard arrived to the U.S. a year after it was sent! We rarely use local mail, though. - May 2016


DPO and Pouch. - Dec 2014


DPO. - Nov 2014


DPO. - Aug 2014


Bulgaria Post is cheap, but they take forever. DHL and TNT are good options, but they are expensive (about 80 bucks to send a document envelope to the U.S.). - Jun 2011


I have access to the US Embassy mail so it's very convenient. - Oct 2009


All the major courier companies are here (DHL, FEDEX, UPS, TNT) although they are expensive. Bulgaria Post is less expensive but it is SLOW. - Feb 2008


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