Veronika, your situation is different again but don't give up yet! Your information about the status is incomplete. USPS will confirm first that the intercept request has been processed, and will also let you know if it was unsuccessful and that the package is being delivered to the original addressee. In my case, above, it was unsuccessful but my customer was able to get the package from his old landlord who recognized his name, and all it cost was an uber across town which I was happy to pay for. So I was lucky. Your situation is different because the shipment is apparently lost. You need to file a trace with USPS and if they agree that it is lost they will pay an the indemnity, which is something anyhow. But if it was undelivered for some reason it could work its way back to you after several weeks. And you didn't say whether you had called the delivery post office for the original address, but if you haven't it would be a good idea to do so. Last but not least, you said that you were mailing gift cards and they really need to be treated the same as cash. In other words, they should have been sent by Registered Mail which is approximately a zillion times safer and probably will cost less than an intercept order.
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