Each of these islands has an airstrip which facilitates mail delivery.
For incoming mail to Pohnpei’s main post office, a person in these islands can choose to send mail, addressed to a person residing in Pohnpei, and the person named as the addressee will pay the total cost of the mail delivery before the postal clerk releases the mail to the individual.
This system of “postage due” helps alleviate the economic and cash flow problems that many in the outer islands face.
“Postage Due” is only applicable to mail from the outer islands to the main post office and not vice versa.
It is also not applicable to mail traveling interstate, between the FSM states, or internationally.
The FSM Postal Service will be monitoring this pilot project, and if it works out well for everyone involved, the services will be extended to the outer island of Chuuk and Yap.
