Why text messages are limited to 160 characters. May 3, 2009 | 1:28 pm. Credit: Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times. Alone in a room in his home in Bonn, Germany, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper.
USPS does not offer a guaranteed overnight service. Priority Mail Express may be 1-day or 2-day service, depending on destination; the earlier deadline always applies. For example, my neighborhood PO closes at 5:30 p.m., which is also the time of the last pick-up for the collection box outside the door.
But their Priority Mail (which is just slightly faster than First Class Mail within the U.S.) says 6 to 10 business days. So, even something like 3 to 4 weeks for First Class International wouldn't surprise me that much. In any event, you may want to wait for another week or so, and then complain to your postal service and/or the USPS.