Mail and Packages
The national postal service is Correos de Colombia, also called Adpostal. Most towns have an office. Letters and packages take up to a week for national delivery, 8-12 days for addresses in the Americas and about two weeks for other overseas destinations. All overseas post, even to neighboring countries, is sent air mail. There have been reports of letters arriving opened and taped back shut. Prices for letters and packages is quite high.

WEIGHT NORMAL CERTIFIED
South America to Rest of World
0-20 grams $2.70 $3.00 $5.60 $5.85
21-100 gm. $8.95 $9.35 $11.80 $12.15
101-500 gm. $20.00 $23.70 $22.85 $26.50
501-1000 gm. $30.30 $33.65 $33.30 $36.50
Courier companies are common throughout Colombia as well. The major ones are Servientrega Internacional, DHL, Deprisa (Avianca Airlines) and Federal Express.
You can have mail sent to you by way of the post office’s general delivery. Have your post marked: your full name (as it appears in your passport, last name in capitals), Poste Restante, Lista de Correos, Correo Central, city or town, Colombia. If you hold an American Express credit card, you can also receive your mail at one of its offices (www.americanexpress.com). These days, very few embassies hold mail for their citizens.