[MikefromOhio]

...not suing the post office for crying outloud.

Do I have any legal recourse due to the non-performance of the US Post Office?

Are you SURE about that?

[Indy Pendance]

There are sure a lot of newbies on this thread giving this newbie a hard time.

[Smokin' Joe]

The most to be gained is the price of sending an express mail packet for not being delivered on time, and then by the sender, not the recipient.

The fact that the postmaster would issue a letter claiming USPS as the problem should indicate a limit to liability, agreed upon in the fine print when the sender fills out the forms.