Baghdad - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
Fine. A little slow, but all things considered...it is better than expected. - Apr 2019
DPO. - Jul 2018
DPO - usually slow, but eventually it'll get there - if it's not too big. Some people take advantage of the DPO and send inordinate amounts of things to themselves - someone I worked with said she had shipped about 250 lbs of flour at once to herself through the DPO. Insane - that holds up everyone else's mail to make room for flour. - Feb 2014
DPO, which is awfully slow. - Jan 2014
DPO. Sometimes really fast, sometimes painfully slow. There's a post office on the compound. - Jan 2013
Here is another recent change. The embassy has switched to DPO from APO.This will affect contractors the most, as they are now restricted to two pounds in or out. You have to use click-and-ship to pay for postage. No more free letter mail. - Nov 2011
APO. It's surprisingly fast. I do Netflix here and am impressed with the speed. - Sep 2010
APO - usually around 1 week from the U.S. - Aug 2008
