Mailing Dates & Shipping
Letters are mailed twice a month, every month.
Mail-Date Notifications
Be the first to know when letters go out โ and get a heads-up if a date ever shifts for a holiday or USPS delay.
Your Mailing Schedule
Mailed via USPS First-Class Mail on the ship date you select at checkout. Tracked shipping is available as an optional upgrade.
Optional trackingMailed via USPS First-Class Mail on the Friday of the week following your ship date โ an off-cycle send, separate from the regular mailing schedule below.
USPS First-Class MailLetters 3 through 24 are mailed on the dates listed below โ generally the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month.
USPS First-Class Mail2026 Mailing Dates
Letters are mailed on these dates throughout the year.
From time to time, the mailing schedule may be adjusted to accommodate holidays, USPS delays, or operational needs. Schedules are subject to change. We recommend joining our mail-date notification email list to receive the most up-to-date information.
If a date falls on a holiday or USPS slows down, we may shift a mailing by a few days. We'll always note any changes in our mailing-date emails.
Mailing FAQ
The first letter is mailed via USPS First-Class Mail on the ship date you select at checkout, enclosed in a kraft cardboard envelope. First-Class letter mail doesn't include tracking; tracked shipping can be added at checkout as an optional upgrade.
The first envelope shows the story title (e.g., The Audrey Rose Story); all subsequent letters display the recipient's name.
Remaining letters are sent via regular mail and do not include tracking.
Tin + LettersThe first letter is included inside the tin and shipped with tracking. A tracking number is provided once it has shipped.
You can update your address on your own anytime before your order ships through your account on theflowerletters.com. After your order has shipped, email support@theflowerletters.com and we'll help get your address changed.
Email support@theflowerletters.com, and we can help get your letter resent.
First-Class letter mail doesn't include tracking. If you'd like to follow your first letter's journey, tracked shipping can be added at checkout as an optional upgrade. Orders that include a keepsake tin always ship with tracking.
This is intentional โ it keeps the cost down and lets each letter feel like a real piece of correspondence rather than a shipment.
Yes โ international orders work a little differently. Instead of receiving letters over the course of the year, all 24 letters are mailed together in a single package, shipped with tracking. A tracking number is provided once it has shipped.
The first letter has the story title printed on the envelope (e.g., The Audrey Rose Story) โ this signals what's arriving and is part of the unboxing moment. From letter two onward, every envelope is addressed to the recipient by name.
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