Subject Index






A

Absentee balloting materials
    Elections137.33
    Mailings between officials137.32
    Marking137.34, Ex. 137.341-137.342
    Purpose137.31

ACS (See Address Change Service.)

Additions, attachments, and enclosures
    Attachments to covers429.22
    Fourth-class mail721.2, 722.3
Incidental First-Class attachments or enclosures136.4, 136.4,
429.17, 429.23
    Library rate mail725.4, 725.5
    Second-class mail429.11-429.18
    Second-class publications and136.31
    Special fourth-class rate mail724.3
    Thirdand fourth-class parcels136.32
    Third-class mail629.1
    Two different classes136.2

Address cards629.43, 629.52, 946.2, Ex. 946.2e-946.2g, 946.3-946.5

Address Change Service
    Express Mail292.2
    First-Class Mail392.3
    Fourth-class mail793.2
    Second-class mail472.3
    Third-class mail694.3
    Undeliverable mail159.312

Address correction service (See also Address Change
Service.)392.2, 315.2
    Automated315.22, 412.22, 612.22, 712.22
    Election boards945.5
    Express Mail215, 292.1
    Fee612.2, 712.1
    Fourth-class mail793
    Manual315.21, 412.21, 612.21, 712.21
    Notifying publishers472.1
    Sending notification472.2
    Third-class mail694
    Undeliverable mail159.31
    Voter registration commissions945.5

Address inserts544

Address lists  (See Mailing lists.)

Address sequencing services
    Address cards946.2, Ex. 946.2e-946.2g, 946.3-946.5
    Carrier route presort mailings946.9
    Fees946.7
    Levels946.1
    Properly sequenced mailings946.8
    Seasonal addresses946.6
Address windows544

Addressee's agent153.21

Addressing (See also Address correction service; Community
address preservation; Delivery address.)
    Address cards629.43, 629.52, 946.2, Ex. 946.2e-946.2g, 946.3-946.5
    Address Change Service392.3
    Address sequencing services946
    Automation-compatible mail530
    Business reply mail917.4
    Collect on delivery (COD)mail914.172
    Express Mail136.752
    First-Class Mail360
    Fourth-class mail761
    GuidelinesEx. 122.33, 122.37a-122.37b, 122.431-122.432
    Mixed class mail136.22
    National mailings365.15
    Priority Mail136.952
    Second-class mail429.3
    State Department mail sent abroad126.23

Adhesive for closure and reinforcement121.343

Adhesive stamps
    Availability and use142.1
    Prohibited imitations142.6, Ex. 142.62
    Purchase142.2
    Reproduction142.5
    TypesEx. 142.11
    Unlawful use142.4
    Validity142.3

Adjudication
    Express Mail claims149.53
    Sample claims149.64

Advanced barcode (ABC)545.6

Advertisements (See also Pandering advertisements; Sexually
oriented advertisements.)429.16
    Meter stamp ad plates144.49
    Nonmailable matter123.44
    Printed envelopes141.252
    Second-class mail requirements423.13

Advertisers' proof copies428.48

Aerogrammes141.4

Aerosol mailability121.54

Agricultural organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.135
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.235

Agriculture Department  (See U.S. Department of Agriculture.)

Air-freighted second-class publications
    Application procedures426.72
    Destination entry rates426.75
    Post office responsibilities426.74
    Publisher responsibilities426.73

Air letter sheets141.4


Air mail
Acceptance of air-freighted second-class publications at airport mail
facilities426.7
    First-Class Mail prohibitions321.3

Aircraft certification, shipment of hazardous articles124.24

Airlift mail125.15

Airport service  (See Express Mail Same Day Airport Service;
Mailing at more than one post office.)

Alternate delivery services
    Caller service952
    Firm holdouts954
    General delivery953
    Post office boxes951

Alternate Mailing Systems
    General qualification requirements145.92
    Mailgram messages145.93
    Purpose145.91
    Request procedures145.92

American Samoa, customs inspection115.98

AMS  (See Alternate Mailing Systems.)

Ancillary services  (See also Forwarding, Return.)
    Automation-compatible mail590
    Express Mail136.772, 290
    First-Class Mail390
    Fourth-class mail790
    Priority Mail136.972
    Second-class mail470
    Third-class mail690

Animals
    Dead wild124.64
    Live124.63

Apartment houses
    Mail receptacles155.6
    Registered mail delivery153.63

APO  (See Military mail.)

Appeals
    Alternate Mailing Systems145.929d
    Claim decisions149.9
    Contested classification133
    Discontinuance of post offices113.272-113.274
    Meter license issuance144.215
    Optional Procedure Mailing System145.854
    Plant-load application154.27
    Revenue deficiency148.2

Attachments  (See Additions, attachments, and enclosures.)

Authorization types for second-class mail421

Authorizations and permits
    Annual presort fee341
    Business reply mail917.2
    Destination BMC entry rate mailing fee743
    Express Mail136.74
    Merchandise returnEx. 919.2, 919.2, 919.23, 919.24-919.26
    Nonidentical pieces mailed at the bulk parcel post zone rate741
    Permit imprints145, 342
    Plant-verified drop shipment postage payment system784.3
    Postage meters and meter stamps342
    Precanceled mailings143.14-143.16
    Precanceled stamps342
    Priority Mail136.94
    Special bulk rates625.1
    Special fourth-class presort mailing fee742
    Stamp collectors143.32

Authorized entries
    Cancellation of additional entries426.47
    Modification426.46
    Post office responsibilities426.45
    Postage payment426.43
    Publisher responsibilities426.44
    Restoration of additional entries426.47
    Schedule and frequency of use426.42

Autograph albums321.2b

Autographs165.3

Automated site mailings
    Addressing366.15
    Automation compatibility366.16
    Definition324.112, 325.111a
    Documentation364.4, 366.3
    Eligibility324.122, 325.112b, 366.12
    Grouping364.32, 366.2
    Mailing statements366.4
    Minimum quantities366.13
    Postage payment366.3
    Rate marking366.17
    Residual pieces366.23
    Sortation category rates325.13
    Traying364.33, 366.2
    ZIP code366.14

Automation  (Also see Automation-compatible mail)
    Addressing requirements530
    Business reply mail917.14f, 917.6
    Equipment147.422b
    Physical mailpiece requirements324.5, 424.52, 520, 540, 550

Automation-based rates122.26, 611.21, 514.1, 520-550

Automation-compatible mail
    Address accuracy530
    Ancillary services590
    Applicability512
    Attachments136.232b, 136.313c
    Automated site mailings366.16
    Barcoded pieces550
    Booklet-type mailpieces524, Ex. 524.4
    Cards525
    Content511
    Default codes534.2
    Definitions514
    Envelopes and pieces sealed on all sides522
    Flexibility of mailpieces526
    Folded self-mailers523, Ex. 523.23
    Labels and stickers on the outside of mailpieces527
    Mailing procedures570
    National mailings365.16
    Nonbarcoded pieces qualifying for ZIP+4 rates540
    Physical characteristics521
    Postage payment580
    Preparation513, 513, 560
    Prohibited wrappings and closures521.41, 521.42
    Sacking, separation of424.842
    Size requirements for letters526
    Traying447.31, 647.11
    ZIP+4 Barcoded rates424.62
    ZIP+4 code accuracy530
    ZIP+4 First-Class Mail324.5

B

Back numbers and reprints mailed at second-class rates428.3

Backdating176.22

Balloting materials137.3

Banding for closure and reinforcementEx. 121.3f, 121.344

Barcode446.31, 446.35, 551.11, 55.12

Barcode clear space327.32, Ex. 446.32, Ex. 545, Ex. 646.32, 446.35,
545, 769.35

Barcode requirements
    Automation-compatible mail550
    Barcode locationEx. 552.31
Clear space327.32, Ex. 446.32, Ex. 545, 545, Ex. 646.32, 446.35,
Ex. 545, 769.35
    Read areaEx. 551.2
    Sack labels446.3, 646, Ex. 646.32, 769.34
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail325.5

Barcoded sack labels446, Ex. 446.32
    Clear space769.35
    Reflectance769.34

Basic rate level second-class mail
    Packaging441.2
    Residual pieces441.4
    Sacking requirements441.3

Battery-powered devices124.46

Bedloading bundles  (See Bundling and palletizing.)

Bills321.1d

Biological material  (See also Etiologic agent preparations,
clinical specimens, and biological products.)
    Mailability121.56
    PackagingEx. 121.56

Bird hunting stamps942.1

Blank books321.2c

Blind and other handicapped persons, free mailing privileges135

Bobtailing charges154.151, 154.63

Booklet-type mailpieces524, Ex. 524.4

Books725.4, 725.52
    Blank321.2c
    Bulk mail system121.72
    Dead parcels159.523

Bound printed matter711.2, Ex. 711.11, Ex. 711.23
    Bulk136.85, 723.2
    Bundling instead of sacking767.4
    Carrier route763, 767.8
    Definition136.81
    Description723.1
    Forwarding136.86
    List formatsEx. 767.533c(1)
    Machinability136.82
    Machinable parcel preparation767.3
    Marking136.84, 767.1
    Optional handling of bulk mailings767.7
    Packages presented on pallets767.5
    Palletizing machinable fourth-class parcels767.6
    Permit imprint use783.342
    Postage computation783.321
    Postage payment136.83
    Presort rate mailings136.85
    Return136.86
    Standard preparation767.2

Boxes for mailing121.321-121.323

Boxholders122.411-122.412, 122.925, 159.222c

Branches
    Discontinuance113.4
    Metered mail144.531
    Postage meters144.75
    Requirements113.123
    Rural156.1

BRM  (See Business reply mail.)

BRMAS  (See Business reply mail accounting system.)

Building construction materials, mailability and restrictions124.7

Bulk mail center sacks641.222

Bulk mail system guidelines  (See also Nonpresorted bulk mail;
Presorted bulk First-Class Mail.)
    Books121.72
    High-density items121.73
    Magnetic tapes121.76
    Recommendations121.71
    Soft goods121.74
    Sound recordings121.75

Bulk parcel post722.2
    Marking762.1
    Separation762.2

Bulk rates  (See also Bulk parcel post; Presort requirements
for bulk mail; Third-class mail.)
    Annual fee612.1, 623.1
    Application procedure626, Ex. 626.11, Ex. 626.21
    Authorization625.1
    Automated bulk third-class rates628.1
    Basic presort rate eligibility624.1
    Carrier route presort rate eligibility624.3
    Certificates of mailing931.23
    Destination bulk mail center rate624.72, Ex. 624.721
    Destination rates624.7
    Destination sectional center facility rate624.73
    Ineligible organizations625.4
    Mailable matter625.5
    Mailchutes and receiving boxes152.5
    Mailing procedures652, 772, 782
    Marking623.5
    Minimum quantities623.3
    Nonprofit organizations625.2, 625.6
    Postage payment623.4, 661.2, 661.3
    Presorting623.6
    Processing category623.2
    Revocation of special bulk rate authorizations627
    Third-class mailEx. 611.13, 611.2, 623-628
    3/5 presort rate eligibility624.2
    Walk-sequence reduction624.8
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail628.3
    ZIP+4 mail628.2

Bulletin boards
    Displays113.81
    Notices by members of Congress113.83
    Prohibited items113.82
    Recruiting posters113.84

Bundles (See Bundling and palletizing.)

Bundling and palletizing
    Bundling instead of sacking445.1, 645, 767.4
    Co-palletization of multiple second-class publications445.3
    Machinable fourth-class parcels767.6
    Machinable third-class parcels644.2, Ex. 644.2
    Packages and bundles presented on pallets445.2
    Presorted bulk mail644, Ex. 644.1
    Sacks445.4, 644.3

Business area delivery service155.22

Business hours  (See Hours of business.)

Business reply mail  (See also Business reply mail accounting
system.)
    Address alterations917.4
    Cards917.58, 917.622
    Description917.11
    Distribution917.13
    Envelopes917.55
    Facing identification mark (FIM)917.42c, 917.527-917.528
    Format917.5, Ex. 917.52b, Ex. 917.52c, 917.54
    International requirements917.13
    Labels917.59, Ex. 917.593
    Penalty mail137.276g
    Permits917.2
    Postage and fees917.3
    Postcards917.612
    Self-mailers917.57, 917.621
    Special services917.12
    Stamped917.35

Business reply mail accounting system
    Automation requirements917.6
    Description917.14
    Permit application917.213

C

Cachets
    Flight covers164.66
    Postal cacheted envelopes165.1

Caller service
    Application procedure952.151
    Conditions of use952.18
    Definitions952.12
    Description952.13
    Fees952.2
    Location change952.16
    Mail pickup952.3
    Minors952.17
    Number reservation952.14, 952.21
    Past-due caller fee procedures952.25
    Payment procedure952.23
    Purpose952.11
    Record of service callers952.237
    Refusal to provide service952.41
    Restrictions on use952.19
    Social Security card as identification952.152d
    Surrender of service952.45
    Termination of service952.42

Canada, dead letter disposal159.441

Cancellations  (See Cancellations for philatelic purposes;
Postal-message cancellations; Special cancellations.)

Cancellations for philatelic purposes
    Cover servicers and dealers164.8
    Date and place of postmarking164.71
    Definition and policy164.1
    First day of issue164.5
    Flight covers164.6
    Permissible cancellation devices164.3
    Postmarking164.2, 164.71
    Services at temporary philatelic stations164.9
    Types of postmarks or cancellations164.4

Cards  (See also Noncard matter; Postal cards; Postcards.)
    Address cards629.43, 629.52, 946.2, Ex. 946.2e-946.2g, 946.3-946.5
    Automation compatible525
    Business reply mail (BRM)197.58, 917.58, 917.622
    Color129.1
    Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded rates313.821
    Green-bordered129.4
    Mailing procedures371
    Other than postal cards and postcards322.4
    Presorted bulk First-Class rates313.11, 313.221, 313.321
    Quality129.2
    Single-piece rates311.1
    Three-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded rates313.721
    ZIP+4 Barcoded rate312.21
    ZIP+4 presort rates313.62
    ZIP+4 rate312.11

Carrier controls for certified mail912.6

Carrier route information system624.36

Carrier route level rates second-class mail
    Packaging444.2
    Residual pieces444.4
    Sacking requirements444.3

Carrier route mail  (See also Carrier route level rates
second-class mail.)
    Address sequencing services946.9
    Bound printed matter763, 767.8
    First-Class323.2
    Mailing procedures372
    Marketing362.3
    Marking629.63, Ex. 629.63b(2)
    National mailings365.19
    Packaging367.3
    Postage payment382
    Presort rate eligibility624.3
    Presort requirements for bulk mail641.4, Ex. 641.4
    Presorted bulk First-Class rates313.3
    Traying367.4

Carriers152.74
    Highway contract route service157.6
    Rural156.3

CASS  (See Coding Accuracy Support System.)

Cellophane tape521.5

Central delivery155.234-155.235, 155.251c, 155.271

Centralized postage payment system
    Application process464.3, 464.4
    Authorization conditions464.2
    Description464.1
    Revocation464.5

Certificates of mailing
    Bulk mailings931.23
    Certification931.5
    Description931.1
    Fees931.2
    Firm mailings931.22
    Forms931.4
    Merchandise return919.45
    Official mail931.52
    Payment931.5
    Procedures931.3

Certified mail
    Carrier controls912.6
    Delivery procedures912.5
    Delivery records912.54
    Description912.1
    Fees in addition to postage912.3
    Firm mailing books912.45
    Highway contract route delivery912.53
    Mailable matter912.2
    Mailing procedure912.4
    Marking912.1
    Military installation delivery912.63
    Post office delivery912.56
    Rural delivery912.52
    Verified delivery receipts912.8
    Verified mailing receipts912.7

Change-of-Address Order159.21

Changing qualification categories427.2

Changing title, frequency, or known office of publication
    Application procedure427.12
    Concurrent filings427.14
    Location of known office of publication427.13

Charitable organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.134
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.234

Check issuance
    Federal Government153.14
    State and local government153.15

Checks used to pay for COD mail914.64, 914.65

Chief Field Counsel153.72

Circulars621.2

City delivery
    Address format122.412
    Apartment house receptacles155.6
    Establishment and extensions155.2
    Out-of-bounds customers155.5
    Requests for service155.3
    Requirements155.1

Claim Check System  (See Mail Claim Check System.)

Claim filing  (See also Insured and COD claims; Registered mail
claims; Sample claims.)
    Appraisals149.27
    Delivery records149.23
    Depreciation149.27
    Estimates149.27
    Express Mail149.5, 296
    Filing time limits149.22
    Information requirements149.24
    Nonpayable claims149.25
    Payable claims149.25
    Processing149.28
    Replacement shipments149.26
    Who may file149.21

Class of mail endorsement919.531e

Classes of mail  (See specific class of mail.)

Classification, domestic mail services
    Contested classification appeal133
    Free matter for the blind and other handicapped persons135
    Mail sent by U.S. Armed Forces134
    Mixed class mail136
    Official mail137
    Rates and classification centers132
    Responsibilities131

Classification, Express Mail
    Availability of service221.1
    Express Mail Military Service221.4
    International Express Mail221.3
    Service offerings221.2

Classification, First-Class Mail
    Carrier route323
    Mailable matter321
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail328
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail327
    Postal cards and postcards322
    Presorted mail323
    Priority Mail326
    ZIP+4 Barcoded rate mail325
    ZIP+4 mail324

Classification, fourth-class mail
    Additions and enclosures721.2, 722.3
    Bound printed matter723
    Bulk parcel post722.2
Destination bulk mail center entry rate722.4, Ex. 722.41, Ex.
722.44
    Library rate725
    Mailable matter721.1
    Parcel post rate mailable matter722
    Pickup service722.5
    Special fourth-class rates724

Classification, second-class mail
    Additional eligibility requirements for specific rates424
    Authorization types421
    Mailable matter428
    Mailing at more than one post office426
    Mailpiece characteristics429
    Publisher record maintenance and verification425
    Reentry427
    Second-class publications requirements422
    Specific category requirements423

Classification, third-class mail
    Bulk rates623-628
    Circulars621.2
    Description621
    Inspection621.4
    Mailpiece characteristics629
    Printed matter621.3
    Single-piece rate622

Classroom rates411.34
Application procedure for second-class mail
privileges424.22-424.25, Ex.424.221a-424.221c
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges424.21

Clear space  (See Barcode clear space.)

Clinical specimens  (See Etiologic agent preparations, clinical
specimens, and biological products.)

Closure, sealing, and reinforcement521.42
    Adhesive121.343
    Banding121.344
    Staples and steel stitching121.345
    Tape121.342

Cluster boxes (See Neighborhood delivery and collection box
units (NDCBUs).)

COD mail  (See Collect on delivery mail.)

Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS)
    Address lists531.2
    Certification531.13, 533
    Implementation scheduleEx. 531.16
    Summary reportEx. 532.2
    Use531.1

Collect on delivery (COD) mail
    Alteration of charges914.172
    Assignment and reporting914.72
    Carrier clearance914.73
    Check of COD business914.77
    Claims149.3
    Collection of charges914.52
    Dead mail159.42
    Delivery procedures914.5
    Description914.1
    Designation of new addressee914.172
    Express Mail293
    Fees914.2
    Issuance of payment914.6
    Mail-opening units914.71
    Mailable matter914.12, 914.14
    Mailing procedures914.4
    Main office window units914.75
    Military installation delivery914.15
    Payment by check914.64
    Registered911.151, 914.8
    Remitting units914.74
    Restricted delivery914.171
    Return159.325
    Returned money orders or checks914.65
    Service to U.S. possessions and territories914.16
    Social Security cards as identification914.52a
    Tags914.3, 914.66-914.67

Collection  (See Collection and delivery; Deposit and
collection.)

Collection and delivery
    City delivery155
    Delivery conditions153
    Deposit and collection152
    Highway contract route service157.33-157.34
    Mail Claim Check Service158
    Mail receptacles151
    Plant load operations154
    Plant-loaded mail154.16
    Rural service156
    Undeliverable mail159

Collectors  (See also Philately.)
    Compliance with requests164.65
    Cooperation with164.22
    Hand-stamped cancellations for164.31
    Meter stamps163.525
    Nonpermit holders143.31
    Permit holders143.32

Combustible liquids124.332

Commemorative stamps
    Distribution163.1
    Mail order sales163.4
    Purpose162.1
    Requisitioning163.2
    Retail sales163.3
    Sales policies163.5
    Selection162.2

Community address preservation113.22

Company permit imprints145.35

Complaints  (See also Inquiries.)
    Consumer complaints114.1
    Postal law violations114.2

Complete copies mailed at second-class rates428.1

Complimentary copies428.47

Compressed gases124.35

Computation standards
    Bulk rates611.24
    Enclosures with second-class publications136.313
    First-Class Mail384
    Fourth-class mail783
    Keys and identification devices463.44, 663.122
    Mailing statements463.2, Ex. 463.23
    Military mail137.53
    Mixed class mail136.231
    Piece count663.2
    Postage384.2, 463.25, 663.3
    Second-class mail411.13, 463.2
    Third-class mail663
    Weight384.1, 463.23, 663.1, 783.1

Computer-prepared material321.2a

Computerized remote postage meter resetting system144.38, 144.97

Concealable firearms  (See Pistols, revolvers, and other
concealable firearms.)

Conflicting delivery orders
    Delivery in accordance with court order153.73
    Delivery to receiver153.71
    Reference to Chief Field Counsel or Judicial Officer
Department153.72

Congress  (See U.S. Congress.)

Conservation stamps942.1

Consolidation of post offices113.224, 113.232-113.234

Consumer complaints114.1

Contagious disease and rural mail delivery156.34

Containers for mailing  (See also Packaging.)
    Adequate closureEx. 121.3e
    BandingEx. 121.3f
    Boxes121.321-121.323
    Cans and drums121.326
    Cutting down a boxEx. 121.3a
    Envelopes121.324
    Fiberboard tubes121.325
    Long packages121.325
    Making an acceptable container from two boxesEx. 121.3b

Contested classification appeal133

Contraceptive devices or materials124.48

Contractor use of penalty mail services137.28

Controlled circulation  (Obsolete term for periodicals mailed in
bulk at nonzoned rates)

Controlled substances124.364

Copies not paid for by addressee428.4

Copies returned to publishers411.5

Copyright of philatelic designs119.21
    Permission for use166.2
    Policy166.1
    Reproduction of designs166.3
    Requests for licenses166.4

Corporate account for Express Mail282

Corporations and unincorporated firms mail delivery153.5

Corrosives124.34

Cosmetics disposal159.437

Counterfeit stamps142.42

County of publication411.112, 411.321, 411.321b, 411.323, 424.852

Court order for mail delivery153.73

Cover servicers and dealers
    Conditions of service164.84
    Definition164.82
    Mailback service164.83

CPP system  (See Centralized postage payment system.)

CRIS  (See Carrier route information system.)

Curbside delivery155.232, 155.251a

CushioningEx. 121.3c-121.3d, 121.33

Customer complaints114.1

Customs inspection
    American Samoa115.98
    Guam115.94
    Northern Mariana Islands115.95

Customs Service115.91

D

Damaged articles149.7

Damaged insured mail packages913.56

Dangerous materials126.31
    Notices124.122

DBMC  (See Destination bulk mail center.)

DDU  (See Destination delivery unit.)

Dead letter branches and service areas
    Branches159.51
    Dead parcel branches159.52
    Service areas159.511
    Treatment of mail forwarded from dead mail branches159.55
    Use of dead matter by Postal Service159.53
Use of dead matter in development of postal systems, equipment, or
training159.54

Dead mail695
    Definition159.41
    Disposition of undeliverable mail159.47
    Firearms159.46
    Foreign mail159.44
    Insured and COD matter159.42
    Makeup and dispatch159.48
    Matter posted in violation of law or treaty159.45
    Opening and examination159.43

Deadheading charges154.152, 154.63

Deceased persons mail delivery153.24

Defense Department  (See U.S. Department of Defense.)

Delivery  (See Alternate delivery service; City delivery;
Collection and delivery; Conflicting delivery orders; Delivery, refusal, and
return; Delivery address; Delivery conditions; Delivery office rates; Delivery
receipts; specific types of mail.)

Delivery, refusal, and return
    Checks issued by State and local governments153.15
    Checks issued by the Federal Government153.14
    Conditions153.11
    Delivery to persons having similar names153.12
    Holding mail153.19
    Mail delivered to wrong person153.13
    Mail marked "In Care of" another153.16
    Mail marked "Personal"153.18
    Restricted delivery153.17

Delivery address
    Alternative addressing formats122.4
    Complete and standardized addresses122.9
    Mailing list services122.5
    Military mail122.8
    Postal zones122.7
    Recommendations122.3
    Requirements122.1
    Restrictions122.2
    ZIP Code System122.6

Delivery conditions
    Conflicting orders by two or more parties for delivery of same
mail153.7
    Delivery, refusal, and return153.1
    Delivery of addressee's mail to another153.2
    Jointly addressed mail153.3
    Military organizations and naval vessels153.9
Officials or employees of corporations and unincorporated
firms153.5
    Officials or employees of organizations153.4
    Parcel delivery153.8
    Persons at hotels, institutions, schools153.6

Delivery office rates
    Authorized entry424.42
    Copies at other rates424.45
    Copies for other destinations424.45
    Distribution plan424.43
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges424.41
    Mailing424.44

Delivery point barcode515, 551.12

Delivery receipts
    Certified mail912.8
    Insured mail913.6

Delivery records for insured mail913.72-913.73

Deposit and collection
    Bulk mailings152.5
    Collection times152.1
    Deposit of mail with employees152.3
    Mailchutes152.4
    Mailer's request to dispose of mail152.8
    Ordinary deposit of mail152.2
    Recall of mail152.7
    Receiving boxes152.4
    Separation of mail by sender152.6

Destination bulk mail center624.72, 624.721

Destination delivery unit624.74

Destination rates for third-class bulk rate mail624.7

Destination sectional center facility624.73

Detached address labels429.7, 629.4, 629.5

Detention of mail
    Sealed mail115.31
    Unsealed mail115.32

Die hubs  (See Special Cancellations.)

Direct return
    Activation919.13
    Shipments919.111

Directory service159.24
    Express Mail292.3

Discontinuance of post offices
    Coverage113.211
    Implementation of final determination113.27
    Initial proposal113.23
    Notice, public comment, and record113.24
    Postal Service decision113.26
    Preservation of community address113.22
    Proposal and optional comment formEx. 113.242
    Public comments and final local recommendation113.25
    Public noticeEx. 113.212
    Requirements of law113.212

Disposal of mail on request of mailer152.8

Disputing parties
    Reference to Chief Field Counsel or Judicial Officer
Department153.72
    Third party receiver153.71

DMM  (See Domestic Mail Manual.)

Domestic Mail Manual111.51-111.54

Domestic mail services
    Collection and delivery150
    General information110
    Mail classification130
    Philately160
    Postage140
    Preparation120
    Special cancellations170

Doorslot specifications155.43

Double postcards  (See Postcards.)

Drop shipments
    Express Mail136.7
    Express Mail Military Service226.4
    Metered mail144.8
    Plant-verified permit imprint mailings665, 785.1-785.4
Plant-verified postage payment system465.1-465.7, 664.1-664.7,
784.1-784.7
    Priority Mail136.9

Drugs
    Disposal of159.437
    Paraphernalia124.366

Dry ice124.392

DSCF  (See Destination sectional center facility.)

Dual address122.21-122.22

E

Editions mailed at second-class rates428.2

Educational organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.132
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.232

Eighty-five percent requirement
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail328.2
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail327.2
    Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail563.1

EMMS  (See Express Mail Military Service.)

Enclosures  (See Additions, attachments, and enclosures.)

Endorsements122.17, 159.14, 159.313, 159.322, 919.531e

Envelopes
    Address inserts544
    Address windows544
    Automation-compatible mail522
    Business reply mail917.55, 917.56
    Color129.1
    Dimensions141.16
    Exchange of147.13
    Flat rate216
    Green-bordered129.4
    Mailing procedures121.324
    Nonprofit141.13
    Nonstandard printing141.27
    Optional printing141.25
    Philatelic center sales141.15, 163.32
    Plain stamped141.1
    Post office sales141.12, 163.33
    Postal cacheted165.1
    Price of141.11
    Printed stamped141.2
    Priority Mail314.13
    Quality129.2
    Refund applications147.32
    Rejected141.28, 141.28
    Required printing141.24
    Return addresses141.17, 141.23
    Sizes141.11
    Window129.3, 141.14, 911.35, 917.56

Establishment of post offices
    Location113.11
    Requirements113.12

Etiologic agent preparations, clinical specimens, and biological products
    Damaged mailings124.385
    Definitions124.382
    Improperly prepared124.385
    Labeling124.386
    Marking124.386
    Packaging124.383
    Sharps124.384
    Unsterilized containers124.384

Exceptional dispatch426.6

Exchange copies428.45

Exchanges
    Nonexchangeable items147.15
    Postage stamp conversion to other forms of postage147.14
    Purchaser's mistakes147.12
    Unserviceable postal stationery147.13
    Unserviceable stamps147.11
    Unused precanceled stamps147.13

Excise tax collection115.96

Executive office mailing privileges
    Former Presidents137.122
    President-elect137.121
    Surviving spouses137.122

Expedited plant load shipment154.17

Express Mail  (See also Express Mail Custom Designed Service;
Express Mail Military Service; Express Mail Next Day Service; Express Mail
Same Day Airport Service; Express Mail Second Day Service.)
    Ancillary services290
    Authorizations and permits136.73, 240
    Claims149.5, 296
    Collect on delivery914.175
    Definition136.71
    Forwardable159.221b, 159.23f
    Holding at request of addressee153.192
    Mailing procedures270
    Metered144.523
    Penalty mail137.277
    Physical limitations250
    Pickup service211.4, 222.2, 224.3, 263.3, 285
    Postage payment136.76, 280
    Preparation136.75, 260
    RatesEx. 210
    Rates and fees136.73, 210
    Reshipment227
    Service availability136.72
    Service guarantee230
    Treatment136.77
    Undeliverable mail159.324, 159.325, 159.47b

Express Mail Custom Designed Service
    Classification223
    Insufficient prepayment286.2
    Mailing procedures272
    Preparation262
    Rates213

Express Mail Military Service
    Acceptance times226.12
    To APO/FPO destinations226.21
    From APO/FPO to U.S. destination226.22
    Classification221.4
    Custom designed226.3
    Directories226.13
    Drop shipment226.4
    Facilities226.11
    Insufficient prepayment286.1
    Mailing procedures273.36
    Postage refund226.6
    Preparation263
    Service limitation226.14

Express Mail Next Day Service
    Classification224
    Insufficient prepayment286.1
    Mailing procedures273
    Preparation263
    Rates214

Express Mail Same Day Airport Service
    Classification222
    Insufficient prepayment286.1
    Mailing procedures271
    Preparation261
    Rates212

Express Mail Second Day Service
    Classification225
    Insufficient prepayment286.1
    Mailing procedures273
    Preparation263
    Rates214

External characteristics of second-class mail
    Attachments to covers429.22
    Incidental First-Class attachments429.23
    Nonincidental Firstand third-class attachments429.24
    Physical limitations429.21

F

Face stock/liner sandwich labels527.22

Facing identification mark (FIM)137.272a(2), 917.527

Federal agencies payment of postage283

Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Detection Bureaus124.517

Federal Government mail  (See Official mail.)

Fees  (See Rates and fees.)

Fiberboard tubes121.325

Field division general manager/postmaster154.23

FIM  (See Facing identification mark.)

Firearms, knives, and sharp instruments
    Antique firearms124.52
    Concealable firearms124.51
    Dead mail159.46, 159.524
    Knives124.55, 124.57
    Mailing firearms124.54
    Pistols124.51
    Revolvers124.51
    Rifles124.53
    Sharp objects124.57
    Shotguns124.53
    Switchblade and ballistic knives124.55

Firm holdouts
    Additional deliveries954.5
    Approval954.4
    Cancellation954.6
    Description954.1
    Fee954.3
    Other deliveries954.7
    Request for service954.2

Firm mailings
    Certificates of mailing931.22
    Certified mail912.45
    Insured mail913.44, 913.71
    Registered mail911.36
    Return receipt for merchandise934.5

First-Class Mail  (See also Automation-compatible mail;
Presorted bulk First-Class Mail; Presorted First-Class Mail; ZIP+4 First-Class
Mail.)
    Ancillary services390
    Authorizations and permits340
    Classification320
    Deposit with employees152.3a
    Enclosures with thirdor fourth-class parcels136.321
    Forwardable159.221a, 159.23a
    Incidental attachments or enclosures136.4, 429.17, 429.23
    Insured913.81
    Mailing procedures370
    Metered144.522
    Permit imprints145.31, Ex. 145.41a
    Physical limitations350
    Plant-loaded154.131, 154.521a, 154.522b(1)
    Postage payment380
    Preparation360
    Rates and fees310
    Service objectives330
    Undeliverable159.47a

First day of issue164.41
    First-day covers164.53, 164.84a
    First-day sale164.51
    Notification164.52
    Unofficial first-day covers164.54

Five-digit level rate second-class mail
    Packaging443.2
    Residual pieces443.4
    Sacking requirements443.3

Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail
    Barcode format552.2
    Barcode location552.3
    Card rates313.821
    Marking629.65
    National mailings325.121a, 364.1
    Noncard matter rates313.822
    Packaging364.12
    Postage payment382
    Traying364.13

Five-digit ZIP Code, mailing list sortation945.4

Flammable materials  (See also Hazardous materials.)
    Combustible liquids124.332
    Flammable liquids124.331, 321.3c
    Flammable solids124.333, 321.3c
    Matches124.335
    Oxidizers124.334

Flat rate envelope216, 314.13

Flats  (See Letters and flats.)

Flexibility of mailpieces for automation-compatible mail526

Flight cancellations164.45, 164.84e

Flight covers
    Authorization164.62
    Backstamping164.67
    Cachet applications164.66
    Collector requests compliance164.65
    Definition164.61
    Flight delay164.68
    Preparation of covers164.63
    Submittal of covers164.64

Folded self-mailers523, Ex. 523.23

Food disposal159.438a

Foreign mail  (See also International mail; International
transit mail.)
    Canada origination159.441
    Matter posted in violation of law or treaty149.45

Foreign publications
Application for second-class mail privileges423.52-423.54, Ex.
423.521
    Revocation of second-class mail privileges423.55
    Second-class mail privilege eligibility423.51

Format
    Barcode551.1, 552.2
    Bound printed matterEx. 767.533c(1)
    Business reply mail917.5, Ex. 917.52b, Ex. 917.52c, 917.54
    Standardized address541.2

Forwarding
    Bound printed matter136.86
    First-Class Mail391
    Forwarding and return postage guaranteed691.3, 691.4
    Fourth-class mail791
    Franked mail137.15
    Insured mail661.2, 913.8
    Mixed class mail136.52
    Penalty mail137.262
    Second-class mail471
    Special delivery mail915.6
    Special fourth-class mail136.86
    Special handling mail916.6
    Third-class mail691
    Undeliverable mail159.2
    Unendorsed mail691.1
    Weighted fee691.5

Fourth-class mail  (See also Special fourth-class mail.)
    Ancillary services790
    Authorization and permits740
    Classification720
    Deposit with employees152.3b
    Forwardable159.221f, 159.23d
    Insured913.82
    Mailing procedures770
    Permit imprints145.33, Ex. 145.41b, 145.41e
    Physical limitations750
    Plant-loaded154.133, 154.521c, 154.522b(3)
    Postage payment780
    Preparation760
    Rates and fees710
    Return159.327
    Service objectives730

Fragile material126.31, 911.33

Franked mail122.45
    Executive office137.12
    Forwarding mailing records137.15
    Members of Congress137.11, Ex. 137.112
    Restrictions137.13
    Size limits137.14
    Surviving spouses137.122, 137.123
    Unclaimed159.326h
    Undeliverable-as-addressed137.16
    Weight137.14

Fraternal organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.138
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.238

Free matter
    Blind and other handicapped persons135
    Military mail134.2

Furs, hides, skins, or pelts124.65

G

General delivery
    Availability953.2
    Delivery procedure953.3
    Description953.1
    Retention of mail953.4

General public mailings of second-class rate mail411.5

Glue521.5

Government property disposal159.439

Green-border envelopes and cards129.4

Grouping of automated site mailings364.32, 366.2

Guam, customs inspection115.94

Guns  (See Firearms, knives, and sharp instruments; Pistols,
revolvers, and other concealable firearms.)

H

Hand-stamped cancellations164.31

Handback service164.23a

Handicapped persons, free mailing privileges135

Handling  (See also Special handling mail.)
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.7
    Military mail134.25

Hardship cases, city delivery155.262

Hardship cases, rural delivery to156.27

Hawaii, mail inspection115.92b

Hazardous materials
    Chemicals124.31
    Explosives124.32
    Shipment by aircraft certification124.24

Hides124.65

High-density loads
    Bulk mail system guidelines121.73
    Mailability121.55

Highway contract route service122.411, 122.924, 156.26
    Box delivery and collection157.3
    Box location157.4
    Carrier duties157.6
    Certified mail912.53
    Description157.1
    Establishment157.2
    Insured mail913.55
    Postmaster duties157.5
    Receptacle location157.4
    Registered mail911.46
    Return receipt for merchandise934.63
    Special delivery mail915.543
    Stamps and stamp supplies157.7

Holding mail
    Express Mail153.192
    Ordinary mail153.191
    Plant-loaded154.74
    Postmarking purposes164.74
    Special cancellation mail176.21

Holidays  (See also Hours of business.)
    Holiday service levelsEx. 113.76
    Local or State113.75
    National113.76

Hotels
    Delivery to persons in153.6
    Registered mail delivery153.63

Hours of business
    Holiday service levelsEx. 113.76
    Lobby hours113.74
    Local or State holidays113.75
    National holidays113.76
    Nonholiday weekdays113.71
    Rural stations and branches156.13
    Saturdays113.72
    Sundays113.73

Hours of delivery for special delivery mail915.52

I

Illegal substances  (See Drugs.)

"In Care Of" mail153.16

Incompetents, delivery of mail to153.23

Indemnity claims
    Appeals149.91
    Damaged article disposition149.7
    Express Mail149.5, 296.3
    Filing instructions149.2
    Insured and COD claims149.3
    Payment conditions149.8
    Postal Service Authority149.92
    Recovery of articles149.8
    Registered mail claims149.4
    Reimbursement149.8
    Sample claims149.6
    Special services with indemnity provisions149.1

Injurious articles124.14

Ink
    Fluorescent144.43
    Water-based barcode546

Inquiries
    Claims149.442
    National Five-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory119.32
    Postal Service trademarks and copyrights119.31
    Uninsured articles911.5

Inspection
    Nonmailable matter123.34-123.35
    Postage meters144.962
    Sealed mail115.231
    State terminal115.92c
    Third-class mail621.4
    Unsealed mail115.232

Institution and society publications
    Eligibility423.21
    Second-class mail privilege application423.22-423.24, Ex. 423.221

Institutions, delivery to persons in153.6

Insufficient postage  (See Postage due.)

Insurance
    Express Mail295
    Merchandise return919.622
    Registered mail911.23

Insured and COD claims
    Additional post office responsibilities149.34
    Damaged article disposition149.32
    Filing procedure149.31
    General instructions149.2
    Nonreceipt of checks or money orders914.69
    Processing Form 3812149.33

Insured mail
    Damaged packages913.56
    Dead mail disposal159.42
    Delivery procedures913.5
    Delivery receipts913.6
    Description913.1
    Endorsement913.46
    Fees and liability913.2, 913.33
    Firm mailings913.44
    Forwarding661.2, 913.8
    Highway contract routes913.55
    Internal controls913.7
    Mailing procedure913.4
    Merchandise return919.41
    Postmarking913.46
    Restricted delivery913.31
    Return661.2, 913.8
    Return receipt913.32
    Rural delivery913.54
    Spoiled contents913.57

Internal characteristics of second-class mail
    Additions429.14
    Advertisements429.16
    Enclosures429.13
    Incidental First-Class enclosures429.17
    Nonincidental Firstand third-class enclosures429.18
    Novelty pages429.15
    Parts and sections429.12
    Supplements429.11

International mail  (See also Military mail; U.S. Department of
State.)
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.8
    International Express Mail221.3
    Penalty mail137.266

International Mail Manual917.13

International money orders941.2

International postal forms126.26

International requirements for business reply mail917.13

International transit mail115.8
    Definitions115.81
    Special security rules115.82

Interservice area, plant-loaded mail154.135, 154.32, 154.43, 154.52

Intoxicating liquors124.42

Intraservice area, plant-loaded mail154.134, 154.31, 154.42, 154.51

Irregular parcels128.5, 643

Issues mailed at second-class rates428.2


J

Jointly addressed mail153.3

Judicial Officer Department153.72

K

Key rate, second-class mail463.4
Keys and identification devices611.13
    Computation standards663.122
    Customer's private mail receptacle155.42
    Mailing statements463.4
    Motor vehicle master124.45
    Post office box keys951.4
    Postage meters144.348, 144.732, 144.943, 144.946

Knives  (See Firearms, knives, and sharp instruments.)

L

Labeling lists, bulk mailingsEx. 122.63a-122.63t

Labels  (See also Packaging; Preparation; Presort requirements
for bulk mail.)
    Barcoded sack labels646, Ex. 646.32, 769
    Business reply mail917.59, 917.593
    Detached address labels429.7, 629.4, 629.5
Etiologic agent preparations, clinical specimens, and biological
products124.386
    Face stock/liner sandwich527.22
Merchandise returnEx. 137.276h(3)(a), Ex. 137.276h(3)(b), 919.14,
919.161-919.162, 919.224, Ex. 919.5a-919.5c, 919.512, 919.53
    Optional endorsement line in address block or label642, 768
    Optional use of barcoded sack labels446, Ex. 446.32
    Permanent527.1
    Relocatable527.2, 527.3
    Single-liner pressure-sensitive527.21
    Special fourth-class mail764.2, 764.3

Labor organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.136
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.236

Laws  (See Legal considerations.)

Legal considerations  (See also Adjudication; Mail security;
Violations.)
    Discontinuance of post offices113.212, 113.272-113.274
    Legal opinions on mailing firearms124.54
    Matter posted in violation of law or treaty159.45
    Postal law violations114.2
    Private Express Statutes and Regulations112.5

Letterboxes151

Letters and flats
    Definition of letter112.31
    Detached address labels for flats429.7, 629.4
    Letter carrier qualifications112
    Priority Mail presorting363.1
    Processing categories128.2-128.3

Library rate materials711.4
    Books725.52
    Books mailed by a publisher or distributor725.4
    Description725.1
    Enclosures725.5
    Items not required to be on loan or exchange725.3
    Items on loan or exchange725.2
    Preparation766
    Sound recordings725.53

Licenses
    Copyright designs166.4
    Meter144.2

Liquids
    Combustible124.332
    Flammable124.331, 321.3c
    Mailability121.53

Liquors124.42

Load types121.21

Lobbies or public areas
    Hours113.74
    Letterdrops152.21
    Lost articles113.9

Local ordinances155.27

Locks
    Curbside mailboxes151.527
    Post office boxes951.5

Lost articles113.9

Lottery materials123.43, 159.513

M

Machinable mail, other than parcels  (See Automation-compatible
mail.)

Machinable parcels128.4, 136.82
    Bundling and palletizing644.2, Ex. 644.2, 767.6
    Preparation641.2, Ex. 641.22, 767.3

Magnetic tapes, bulk mail system guidelines121.76

Magnetized materials124.391, 321.31b

Mail Claim Check System
    Claiming mail158.23
    Delivery158.22
    Delivery record filing158.3
    Forms158.21, 158.24
    Mail storage158.25
    Overprinting158.4
    Purpose158.11

Mail-opening units914.71

Mail orders
    Philatelic items163.4
    Printed stamped envelopes141.21, 141.22

Mail receptacles
    City delivery155.4, 155.4, 155.6
    Clear approach to151.3
    Designation151.1
    Purchased by Postal Service151.4
    Use for mail only151.2

Mail screening115.4

Mail security
    Cooperation with authorities for access to mail115.7
    Disclosure of information collected from mail115.5
    Importance115.1
    International transit mail115.8
    Law enforcement, other government agencies115.9
Mail reasonably suspected of being dangerous to persons or
property115.4
    Metered mail144.6
    Opening, reading, and searching sealed mail115.2
    Permissible detention of mail115.3
    Search warrant execution115.6
    State Department mail sent abroad126.4

Mail services (See Domestic mail services; Service in post
office.)

Mailability  (See also specific types of mail.)
    Aerosols121.54
    Biological material121.56
    Controlled substances124.365
    Decisions123.3
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.64
    High-density loads121.55
    Liquids121.53
    Motor vehicle master keys124.452
    Packaging acceptability121.51
    Prescription medicines124.365
    State Department mail sent abroad126.21
    Stationery121.52

Mailback service164.23b, 164.83

Mailboxes, curbside
    Custom-built151.521
    Grouping151.525
    Identification151.522
    Location151.524
    Locks151.527
    More than one family151.526
    Nonconforming151.53
    Painting151.522
    Posts and supports152.523
    Specifications151.51
    Unstamped newspapers151.528

Mailchutes152.4

Mailer responsibilities111.3

Mailer's precancel postmark
    Application143.21
    Approval143.22
    Format143.23, Ex. 143.233-143.234
    Revocation of permit143.24

Mailgram messages145.93

Mailing at more than one post office
Acceptance of air-freighted second-class publications at airport mail
facilities426.7
    Additional entry426.1, Ex. 426.12
    Authorized entry use426.4
    Exceptional dispatch426.6
    Processing and ruling on applications426.3
    Restrictions426.2

Mailing lists531.2
    Availability945.14
    Cards or lists submission945.21
    Definitions945.11
    Fees945.16
    Five-digit ZIP Code sortation945.4
Furnishing address changes to election boards and voter registration
commissions945.5
    List corrections945.22, 945.32
    Occupant lists945.3
    Postage payment945.17
    Prohibitions945.15
    Purpose945.12
    Service types945.13
    Services122.5

Mailing preparation  (See Preparation.)

Mailing procedures for automation-compatible mail570

Mailing procedures for certified mail912.4

Mailing procedures for collect on delivery mail914.4

Mailing procedures for Express Mail
    Custom designed service272
    Next day and second day service273
    Same day airport service271

Mailing procedures for First-Class Mail
    Cards371
    Carrier route372
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail372
    Presort verification374
    Presorted372
    Priority Mail373
    Single-piece rate mail371
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail372
    ZIP+4 presort mail372

Mailing procedures for fourth-class mail
    Bulk or presort rates772
    Parcels exceeding size or weight limits773
    Single-piece rates771
    Zoned rates774

Mailing procedures for insured mail913.4

Mailing procedures for restricted delivery mail933.3

Mailing procedures for return receipt for merchandise934.4

Mailing procedures for return receipts932.3

Mailing procedures for second-class mail
    Copies mailed by printer452
    Place of mailing453
    Who may mail451

Mailing procedures for special delivery mail915.4

Mailing procedures for third-class mail
    Bulk rates652
    Single-piece rates651

Mailing receipts911.38
    Express Mail294

Mailing statements
    Attachments of two different classes136.233
    Automated bulk third-class mail628.1
    Automated site mailings366.4
    Computation standards463.2, Ex. 463.23
    Consolidated665.33
    Enclosures with second-class publications136.318
    Enclosures with thirdand fourth-class parcels136.324
    Express Mail136.762
    Forms463.11
    Key rate463.4
    Manifest Mailing System145.728
    Monthly463.3
    National mailings364.5, 365.4
    Penalty mail137.263
    Permit imprint mailings145.55
    Plant-verified drop shipment permit imprint mailings785.23,
785.31-785.33, 785.42-785.43
    Postage payment382.5, 662
    Priority Mail136.92, 136.962, 383.24
    Register665.32, 785.32
    Single-piece rate mail622.4
    Submitting463.12
    Value added refunds147.426

Mailpieces
    Booklet-type524, Ex. 524.4
    Flexibility526
    Reusable354, 629.24
    Second-class characteristics429
    Third-class characteristics629

Makeup and dispatch of dead mail159.48

Management sectional center manager154.22

Manifest Mailing System
    Authorization145.75-145.77
    General qualification requirements145.72
    MarkingEx. 145.7, 145.74
    Purpose145.71
    Revocation145.78

Marketing
    Carrier route First-Class Mail362.3
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail362.7
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail362.4
    Priority Mail362.1
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail362.6

Marking
    Adhesive stamps142.6
    Automated site mailings366.17
    Biological products124.386
    Bound printed matter136.84, 767.1
    Bulk parcel post762.1
    Bulk rate mail623.5
    Carrier route mail629.63, Ex. 629.63b(2)
    Certified mail912.1
    Clinical specimens124.386
    Dead mail159.481
    Enclosures with second-class publications136.317
    Enclosures with thirdor-fourth-class parcels136.325
    Etiologic agent preparations124.386
    Express Mail136.754
    Firearms124.56
    Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail629.65
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.61
    Incidental First-Class attachments or enclosures136.44
    Insured mail913.46
    Manifest Mailing System145.74
    Mixed class mail136.24
    Motor vehicle master keys124.453
    National mailings365.17
    Nonmailable matter124.2
    Parcel airlift918.5
    Priority Mail136.954
    Second-class mail429.4
    Single-piece rate mail622.5, 629.61
    Special fourth-class mail136.84, 764.1
    Special handling mail916.5
    Special markings121.42
    Special servicesEx. 121.4, 121.44
    Surfaces121.43
    Switchblade or ballistic knives124.56
    Third-class mail629.6
    3/5 presort rate mail629.62
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail325.7, 629.66
    ZIP+4 mail629.64

Matches124.335

Merchandise return
    Acceptance procedures919.6
    Application procedures919.22
    Certificate of mailing919.45
    Delivery procedure919.7
    Description919.1
    Direct return919.111, 919.13
    Formats919.5
    Insurance919.622
    Insured mail service919.41
LabelsEx. 137.276h(3)(a), Ex. 137.276h(3)(b), 919.14,
919.161-919.162, 919.224, Ex. 919.5a-919.5c, 919.512, 919.53
    Mailing acknowledgment919.46
    PermitsEx. 919.2, 919.2, 919.23-919.26
    Postage payment919.3
    Priority Mail reshipments919.112
    Registered mail919.42, 919.623
    Special handling919.43, 919.624
    Undeliverable159.436, 159.438c

Meter license applicationEx. 137.273b

Meter stamps144.11, Ex.144.41a-144.41b  (See also Metered
mail; Postage meters; Stamps.)
    Ad plates144.49
    Authorization342
    Content144.46
    Date of mailing144.47
    Designs144.41, Ex. 144.41a-144.41b
    Destruction144.944
    Documentation364.21
    Fluorescent ink144.43
    Hour of mailing144.48
    Legibility144.42
    Position144.45
    Refund applications147.31, 147.33
    Return of fourth-class mail792.2
    Sale to collectors163.525
    Security144.6
    Tape printed144.44
    Use144.735

Metered mail
    Consolidated drop shipment using a drop shipment endorsement144.84
Consolidated drop shipment without a drop shipment
endorsement144.85
    Deposit at another post office144.83
    Deposit at local area mail processing center144.82
    Drop shipment conditions144.81
    Handling144.53
    Irregularities144.54
    Place of mailing144.52
    Preparation144.51
    Security144.6

Migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps942.1

Military installations
    Certified mail delivery912.63
    COD mail delivery914.15
    Special delivery mail915.544

Military mail  (See also Express Mail Military Service;
Military installations; Military post offices.)
    Addressing122.8
    Delivery153.9
    Department of Defense conditions125.2
    Forwardable159.223
    Free matter134.2
    Handling125.1
    Identification of personnel153.93
    Military Ordinary Mail125.3
    Nonmailable matter123.36
    Overseas122.81, 125
    Postage collect134.1
    Postage-due mail for units engaged in hostile operations137.5
    Preparation125.1
    Privacy125.4
    Return receipts153.94
    Within the United States122.82

Military Ordinary Mail125.3

Military post offices113.6, 125, 153.91-153.92
    Philatelic postmarking164.77

Military postal system115.93, 124.13

Minimum size standards127

Minors, delivery of mail to153.22

Mixed class mail475, 693, 795
    Attachment of two different classes136.2
Combined mailings of special fourth-class and bound printed
matter136.8
    Express Mail drop shipments136.7
    Incidental First-Class attachments or enclosures136.4
    Mailing enclosures of different classes136.3
    Priority Mail drop shipment service136.9
    Special services136.6
    Treatment136.5

MMS  (See Manifest Mailing System.)

Mobile homes, delivery service155.25

MOM  (See Military Ordinary Mail.)

Money, disposal of loose159.431

Money orders914.61, 914.65
    Cashing941.3
    Definitions941.83
    Examination by postal employee941.36
    Fees941.124
    Incorrectly prepared941.15
    Inquiries941.4
    International941.2
    Issuance941.1
    Nonpayment conditions941.35
    Nonpostal941.7
    Payment941.125
    Payment to banks through Federal Reserve System941.8
    Payment to other than payee941.34
    Photocopy or replacement of paid money orders941.5
    Rural service941.14
    Signature requirements941.33
    Spoiled941.15
    Wrong payment941.6

Monthly mailing statements463.3

Motor vehicle master keys124.45

Multiple-floor buildings parcel delivery153.83

N

National Five-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory
    Copyrights119.22
    Inquiries119.32
    List of discontinued post offices113.225

National mailings
    Addressing365.15
    Automation compatibility365.16
    Carrier route presort mailings365.19
    Definition324.111, 325.111a
    Eligibility324.121, 325.112a, 365.12
    Mailing statements365.4
    Minimum quantities365.13
    Packaging365.2
    Postage payment365.3, 365.18
    Preparation365.11
    Presorting364.1
    Rate marking365.17
    Residual pieces364.16, 365.5
    Sortation category rates325.12
    Traying365.2
    ZIP code requirements365.14

National Stamp Collecting Month164.912

Neighborhood delivery and collection box unit (NDCBU)151.4

News agent registry
Application for second-class mail privileges423.62-423.64, Ex.
423.621
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges423.61
    Revocation of second-class mail privileges423.65

Newspapers432
    Receptacles151.529
    Unstamped151.528

No postage necessary endorsement917.521

No service requested mail695, 794

Nonbarcoded pieces qualifying for ZIP+4 rates
    Ability to accept Postal Service water-based barcode ink546
    Address area reflectance requirements543, 545.3
    Barcode clear space545
    Complete address in standardized address format541.2
    Envelopes with address windows and address inserts544
    OCR readability542

Noncard matter
    Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded rates313.822
    Presorted bulk First-Class rates313.222, 313.322
    Single-piece rates311.2
    Three-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded rates313.722
    ZIP+4 presort rates313.622
    ZIP+4 rate312.12

Nonidentical pieces mailed at the bulk parcel post zone rate741

Nonmail services
    Address sequencing946
    Mailing lists945
    Money orders941
    Nonpostal stamps942
    Postal savings944
    U.S. savings bonds943

Nonmailable matter--articles and substances
    Firearms124.5
    Hazardous material124.3
    Knives124.5
    Markings124.2
    Perishable matter124.6
    Restricted matter124.4
    Rules and procedures124.12
    Sharp instruments124.5

Nonmailable matter--written, printed, and graphic
    Advertising matter123.43
    Advice to mailers123.3
    General provisions123.1
    Lottery matter123.42
    Mailer's responsibility123.2
    Pandering advertisements123.6
    Sexually oriented advertisements123.5
    Solicitations123.41, Ex. 123.41a

Nonmailable or nonstandard pieces return services392.4

Nonpayable claims149.25

Nonpermit holders143.31

Nonpostal services reimbursement
    Bobtailing charges154.63
    Deadheading charges154.63
    General154.61
    Nonreimbursable charges154.64
    Trailer detention154.62
    Waiting/holding charges154.63

Nonpostal stamps
    Migratory-bird hunting and conservation942.1
    U.S. savings stamps942.2

Nonpresorted bulk mail
    Preparation368
    ZIP+4 Barcoded rate312.2
    ZIP+4 rate312.1

Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail
    Automated site mailing rates325.132
    Documentation328.5
    Eighty-five percent requirement328.2
    Marketing362.7
    Minimum quantities328.1
    National mailing rates325.123a
    Physical characteristics328.3
    Postage payment382
    Preparation328.4, 368.2

Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail
    Automated site mailings325.132
    Documentation327.5
    Eight-five percent requirement327.2
    Mailing procedures372
    Marketing362.4
    Minimum quantities327.1
    National mailings325.123b
    Physical characteristics327.3
    Postage payment382
    Preparation327.4, 368

Nonprofit envelopes141.13

Nonprofit organizations424.12-424.17
    Bulk rates625.2

Nonstandard mail
    First Class353
    Return services392.4
    Surcharge315.1, 353.3
    Third class696

Nonstandard surcharge613

Nonsubscriber and nonrequester copies mailed by publishers and news
agents411.4

Northern Mariana Islands, customs inspection115.95

Notebooks321.2c

Novelty pages429.15

O

Obliterators164.32

Obscene matter123.44d

Occupant address format122.42

OCR readability  (See Optical character reader readability.)

Odd-shaped items in envelopes124.47

Odorous material124.43

Official mail
    Absentee balloting materials137.3
    Franked mail137.1
    General instructions137.4
    Penalty mail, executive and judicial officers137.2
Postage-due mail for military units engaged in hostile
operations137.5

Officials approval of philatelic products165.2

OP  (See Optional Procedure Mailing System.)

Optical character reader readability
    Nonbarcoded pieces qualifying for ZIP+4 rates542
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail327.33
    Read areaEx. 542.1
    Return address placementEx. 542.32
    Type fontsEx. 542.41
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail628.33
    ZIP+4 third-class bulk rate mail628.23

Optional endorsement line369, 369.3, 441.232b-c, 542.311,
642.23-642.28, 642.3, 768

Optional Procedure Mailing System
    Applications145.83, 145.85
    Cancellation145.87
    General qualification requirements145.82
    Mailing records145.88
    Purpose145.81
    Stage 1 of System certification145.86
    Supporting documentation145.84
    Suspension145.87

Order forms429.152e-g, 723.3, 724.332, 724.334

Ordinances, local155.27

Organizations, delivery to officials or employees153.4

Out-of-bounds customers155.5

Outlets, philatelic163.53

Outside parcels128.6

Overprinting158.4

Oxidizers124.334

P

Packaging  (See also Bundling and palletizing; Preparation.)
    Adequacy121.1
    Automation-compatible mail561.2
    Basic rate second-class mail441.2
    Bulk mail system guidelines121.7
    Carrier route mail367.3, 444.2
    Damaged insured mail packages913.56
    Definitions121.2
    Etiologic agent preparations124.383
    Five-digit level rate second-class mail443.2
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.65
Mail addressed from, to, or between military post offices
overseas125.12
    Mailability121.5
    For mailing121.3
    Marking121.4
    National mailings365.2
    Presorted First-Class Mail367.3
Required and optional package sortation and labeling441.21, 443.2,
444.2
    Safe transit testEx. 121
    Spoiled contents of insured mail913.57
    Test packages121.6
    Third-class bulk mail641
    Traying, automation-compatible561.4

Pagination, bound publications429.161


Palletizing  (See Bundling and palletizing.)

Pallets  (See Bundling and palletizing.)

Pandering advertisements
    Application abandonment123.66
    Application denial123.62
    Application for prohibitory orders123.61
    Issuance of orders123.63
    Modified orders123.68
    Ratified orders123.69
    Remedy availability123.64
    Violations123.65
    Void orders123.67

Parcel airlift
    Definition918.1
    Description of service918.2
    Fees918.4
    Marking918.5
    Physical limitations918.3

Parcel delivery
    Heavy or bulky153.81
    Multiple-floor buildings153.83
    Second-attempt delivery153.84
    Unprotected places153.82

Parcel locker151.4

Parcel post rates
    Bulk rate711.15
    Destination BMC rate711.14, Ex. 711.14, 712.3
    Inter-BMC rates711.11-711.12, Ex. 711.11, Ex. 711.12
    Intra-BMC rates711.13, Ex. 711.13

Parcels  (See also Fourth-class mail.)
    Addresses on122.37
    Dead parcel branches159.52
    Flat-size641.1
    Irregular128.5, 641.1, 643
    Letter-size641.1
    Machinable128.4, 641.2, Ex. 641.22
    Nonpermissible written matter146.15
    Outside128.6
    Palletizing machinable third-class parcels644.2, Ex. 644.2
    Pickup service, parcel post722.5
    Priority Mail presorting363.2
    Rural delivery156.33
    Size computation752, Ex. 752
    Size limits773
    Weight limits773

Patients, delivery of mail to153.61

Payable and nonpayable claims149.25

Pelts124.65

Penalty mail, executive, and judicial officers  (See also
Penalty mail indicia formats.)
    Agency cost codes137.253
    Authorizations137.25
    Classes137.26
    Contractors137.28
    Definition137.21
    Eligibility for privileges137.24
    Postage and fees collection137.23
    Preparation137.26
    Rates137.26
    Services137.26

Penalty mail indicia formats
    Application for business reply mail permitEx. 137.276g(2)
    Formats and methods137.271a
    Merchandise return labelsEx. 137.276h(3)(a), Ex. 137.276h(3)(b)
    Meter license applicationEx. 137.273b
Penalty business reply mail formatEx. 137.276g(3)(d), Ex.
137.276g(3)(e)
    Penalty meters137.273
    Penalty permit imprint mail137.274
Postal Service137.272b(5), Ex. 137.272a(3), Ex. 137.272a(4), Ex.
137.272a(5)
    Procedures for certain classes137.277
    Reply mail137.276
    Stamps137.275, Ex. 137.275d (1-2)
    Standard penalty indicia137.272, Ex. 137.272a (1-5)

Periodical publications422.1
    Disposal159.438b

Perishable matter
    Dead wild animals124.64
    Disposal of159.437
    Furs, hides, skins, or pelts124.65
    Live animals124.63
    Plants124.66
    Preparation124.62
    Time factor124.61

Permit imprints  (See also Plant-verified drop shipment permit
imprint mailings.)
    Alternate mailing systems145.9
    Application145.12
    Authorization fee342
    Bound printed matter783.342
    Contents145.3
    Definition145.11
    Documentation364.22
    Fee612.3
    Format145.4
    Mailings145.5
    Manifest Mailing System145.7, 145.726
    Optional Procedure Mailing System145.8
    Plant-verified drop shipment postage payment665
    Preparation145.2
    Refund applications147.32
    Revocation145.13
    Use of145.6

Permits  (See Authorizations and Permits; Permit imprints.)

"Personal" mail153.18

Personalized envelopes
    Ordering procedures141.22
    Processing refund applications147.32
    Rejected envelopes141.28
    Styles and sizes141.21


Philanthropic organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.134
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.234

Philatelic cover servicers and dealers  (See Cover servicers
and dealers.)

Philatelic outlets163.53

Philately
    Cancellations164
    Commemorative stamps163
    Copyrights119.21, 166
    Distribution and sales163
    Envelope sales141.15
    Policy161
    Precanceled postage143.3
Purpose and selection of commemorative stamps, stationery, and
philatelic products162
    Special philatelic services, products, and programs165
    Stationery163

Physical characteristics  (See also Size; Weight.)
    Glue521.5
    MeasurementEx. 352
    Nonmachinable surcharge753
    Nonstandard First-Class Mail353
    Parcel airlift918.3
    Prohibitions521.4
    Reusable mailpieces354
    Shape521.2
    Tabs521.5
    Tape521.5
    Third-class mail629.2
    Wafer seals521.5

Pickup service
    Express Mail224.3, 225.3, 226.5, 285
    Parcel post722.5
    Priority Mail326.5

Pictorial cancellations164.42, 164.84b

Piece rates411.132, 411.23, 411.326, 411.333, 411.343, 411.353, 611.221

Pistols, revolvers, and other concealable firearms
    Affidavit of addressee requirement124.514
    Certificate of manufacturers and dealers124.516
    Definitions124.512
    Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Detection Bureaus124.517
    Mailings between authorized persons124.513
    Mailings between licensed manufacturers and dealers124.515
    Official shipments124.518

Plant load operations
    Approval requirements154.3
    Authorization procedures154.2
    Definitions154.1
    Nonpostal service reimbursement154.6
    Postage collection154.4
    Service objectives154.8
    Transportation154.7
    Vehicle preparation requirements154.5
    Verification154.4

Plant-verified drop shipment permit imprint mailings
    Description785.1
    Documentation785.3
    Mailing statements785.23, 785.31-785.33, 785.42-785.43
    Post office responsibilities785.4
    Postage payment665

Plant-verified drop shipment postage payment system
    Authorization465.3, 664.3, 784.3
    Criteria for mailers465.2, 664.2, 784.2
    Definition465.11, 664.11, 784.11
    Destination postal facility functions465.5, 664.5, 784.5
    Detached mail unit functions465.4, 664.4, 784.4
    Liability465.6, 664.6, 784.6
    Postage465.7, 664.7, 784.7
    System elements784.12

Plants124.66

Poisons124.361

Political committee eligibility for special bulk rate625.3

Pornographic material  (See Sexually oriented advertisements.)

Post office boxes
    Application procedure951.141
    Conditions of use951.15
    Definition951.12
    Description951.13
    Fees951.2, Ex. 951.222, 951.3
    Keys951.4, 951.5
    Mail addressed to a closed box951.86
    Notices951.28
    Operating procedures951.7
    Past-due box fee procedures951.29
    Payment of box fee951.27
    Purpose951.11
    Record of box customers951.6
    Refusal to provide service951.81
    Social Security cards as identification951.142d
    Surrender of service951.85
    Termination of service951.82

Post offices
    Bulletin boards113.8
    Discontinuance of113.2
    Emergency suspension of service113.3
    Establishment113.1
    Hours of business113.7
    Lobbies or public areas113.9
    Military113.6
    Names113.52
    Services113
    Station and branch discontinuance113.4

Postage  (See also Postage due; Postage meters; Postage
payment; Prepayment of postage.)
    Adhesive stamps142
    Aerogrammes141
    Exchanges and refunds147
    Forwarded mail159.23
    Indemnity claims149
    Meter stamps144
    Permit imprints145
    Postage meters144
    Postal cards141
    Precanceled stamps143
    Prepayment and postage due146
    Revenue deficiency148
    Stamped envelopes141

Postage computation  (See Computation standards; Postage
payment.)

Postage due
    Adhesive stamps142.23
    Collection146.3, 146.22, 146.3, 154.4
Mailable matter not bearing postage found in or on private mail
receptacles146.2
    Mailable matter not bearing postage found in the mail146.12
    Meters144.734
    Military units engaged in hostile operations137.5, Ex. 137.51
    Parcels containing written matter146.15
    Rural mail156.42
    U.S. Armed Forces mail134.1

Postage meters  (See also Meter stamps; Metered mail.)
    Accounting procedures144.74
    Authorization342
    Computerized remote postage meter resetting system144.38, 144.97
    Contract station and branch use144.75
    Description144.12
    Distribution144.95
    Documentation363.21
    Examination144.34, 144.62
    Inspection144.962
    License application144.21
    License revocation144.23
    Licensee responsibilities144.22
    Location control144.64
    Lost or stolen144.63
    Maintenance144.96
    Manufacture and distribution144.9
    Manufacturers144.13, 144.65
    On-site meter-setting program144.35
    Out of service144.36
    Payment144.33
    Penalty mail137.273
    Post office meters144.7
    Records and files144.37
    Refund applications147.31, 147.33
    Regulations changes144.98
    Safeguards144.94
    Security144.6
    Setting requirements144.31, 144.34
    Specifications144.92
    Testing144.93

Postage payment  (See also Computation standards; Prepayment of
postage.)
    Alternate Mailing Systems145.922
    Authorized entries426.43
    Automated site mailings366.3
    Automation-compatible mail580
    Bulk rate mail623.4, 661.2, 661.3
    Business reply mail917.34
    Centralized postage payment system464
    Certificates of mailing931.5
    Collect on delivery mail914.6
    Copies filed by publishers461
    Enclosures with second-class publications136.315-136.316
    Enclosures with thirdor fourth-class parcels136.324
    Express Mail136.76, 280
    First-Class Mail380
    Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail382
    Forwarding and return postage guaranteed691.3
    Fourth-class mail783.3
    Franked mail137.111
    Incidental First-Class attachments or enclosures136.43
Mail addressed from, to, or between military post offices
overseas125.11
    Mailer responsibilities111.32
    Mailing lists945.17
    Mailing statements463, 662
    Merchandise return919.3
    Meters144.33
    Mixed class mail136.23
    National mailings365.18, 365.3
    Neither lowest rate nor correct postage affixed to each piece382.4
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail382
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail382
    Penalty mail137.276
    Piece count783.2
    Plant-verified drop shipment permit imprint mailings665
    Plant-verified drop shipment postage payment system465, 664, 784
Postage at lowest rate in mailing affixed to all pieces in the
mailing382.3
    Presorted First-Class Mail382
    Priority Mail136.96
    Private Express Statutes112.33
    Rural mail156.4
    Second-class mail462
    Single-piece rate mail381, 622.3, 661.1, 781
    Stamps142.21
    Three-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail382
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail364.2
    ZIP+4 presort mail382

Postage placement122.25

Postage will be paid endorsement917.524

Postal cacheted envelopes165.1

Postal cards  (See also Cards; Postcards.)
    Definition311.11b, 322.1
    Postage141.3
    Preparation322.32
    Restrictions on use322.3
    Undeliverable159.47c
    Unserviceable147.13

Postal facility names
    Place names113.51
    Post office names113.52
    Request for changes113.53

Postal inspection  (See Inspection.)

Postal insurance  (See Insurance.)

Postal law violations114.2

Postal-message cancellations
    Approval175.3
    Authorization175.2
    Purpose175.1

Postal savings944

Postal Service
    Appeals and Postal Service authority149.9
    Metered mail responsibilities144.812
Penalty Mail137.272b(5), Ex. 137.272a(3), Ex. 137.272a(4), Ex.
137.272a(5)
    Post office discontinuance113.26
    Postage payment284
    Use of dead matter159.53

Postal zones122.7

Postcards  (See also Cards; Postal cards.)
    Business reply mail917.612
    Definition311.111a, 322.2
    Preparation322.32
    Restrictions on use322.3
    Undeliverable159.47c

Posters
    Announcement of temporary philatelic station163.345
    Military recruitment113.84

Postmarking, philatelic164.2, 164.4
    Damaged covers164.75
    Date and place164.71
    Holding the mail164.74
    Military post offices164.77
    Preparation164.72
    Special materials on which cancellations are requested164.73
    Special requests164.76

Postmaster
    Highway contract route service157.5
    Record of blind and other handicapped persons135.31

Pouching of presorted First-Class Mail367.12

Pound rates411.112, 411.131, 411.22, 411.325, 411.332, 411.342,
411.352, 611.221

Powders124.44

Precancel postmark  (See Mailer's precancel postmark.)

Precanceled stamps
    Authorization and permits342
    Definition143.11
    Documentation364.21
    Exchange of147.13
    Mailer's precancel postmark143.2
    Mailing permit143.14
    Methods of precanceling143.12
    Philatelic sales143.3
    Return addressEx. 143.177
    Sale to collectors163.524
    Techniques of precanceling143.17, Ex. 143.171b-143.173b
    Use of143.13

Preferential mail  (See Express Mail; First-Class Mail;
Priority Mail; Special delivery.)

Preparation  (See also Bundling and palletizing; Packaging;
Sacking requirements; specific mailing procedures.)
    Addressing361
    Automation-compatible mail513, 513, 560
    Barcoded sack labels769
    Bound printed matter767, Ex. 767a, Ex. 767b
    Bulk parcel post762
    Carrier route bound printed matter763
    Carrier route First-Class Mail367.3-367.4
    Collect on delivery mail914.41
    Combined presort automated site mailings366
    Delivery address122
    Endorsement lines369, 768
    Envelopes and cards129
    Express Mail136.75, 260
    Fourth-class mail general requirements761
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.6
    Library rate materials766
Mail addressed from, to, or between military post offices
overseas125.1
    Marketing362
    Minimum size standards127
    Nonmailable matter, articles and substances124
    Nonmailable matter, written, printed, and graphic123
    Nonpresorted bulk rate First-Class Mail368
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail368.2
    Nonpresorted ZIP+4 mail368
    Packaging121
    Penalty mail137.263
    Permit imprint mailings145.53
    Philatelic postmarking164.72
    Postal cards322.32
    Postcards322.32
    Presorted First-Class Mail367.1
    Priority Mail136.95, 326.57, 326.2, 363
    Processing categories128
    Registered mail911.3
    Second-class mail440
    Special fourth-class mail764
    Value added refunds147.425
    ZIP+4 Barcoded First-Class Mail364
    ZIP+4 presort First-Class Mail365

Prepayment of postage
    Insufficient prepayment146.13, 286
    Penalty mail137.23
    Permit imprint mailings145.56
    Postage on mail insufficiently prepaid146.14
    Requirements146.11

Presentations of philatelic products165.2

Presidents  (See Executive office mailing privileges.)

Presort requirements for bulk mail
    Barcoded sack labels646, Ex. 646.32
    Bundling instead of sacking645
    Carrier route presort rate mailings641.4, Ex. 641.4
    Endorsement line in address block or label642
    Irregular parcels643
Letter-size, flat-size, and irregular parcels641.1, Ex. 641.121,
Ex. 641.135
    Machinable parcel preparation641.2, Ex. 641.22
    Packaging641
    Palletization644, Ex. 644.1
    Sacking641
    Traying647

Presorted First-Class Mail323
    Annual fee313.12
    Automated site mailings325.131
    Card rates313.11, 313.221, 313.32
    Carrier route rates313.3
    Mailing procedures372
    National mailings325.121c, 325.122c
    Noncard matter rates313.222
    Packaging367.11, Ex. 367.111, Ex. 367.112, 367.3
    Postage payment382
    Pouching367.12
    Residual pieces367.5
    Sorting367.2
    Traying367.12

Presorted mail  (See also Bulk rates.)
    Annual fee341
    Automation-based rates514.2
    Presort verification374
    Second-class424.8

Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail
    Contents line563.3
    Documentation563.6
    Eighty-five percent requirement563.1
    First-Class Mail563.21
    Rate eligibility563.2
    Residual pieces563.5
    Second-class mail563.22
    Sortation requirements563.4
    Third-class mail563.23

Presorting of second-class mail
    Barcoded sack labels446
    Basic rate levels441
    Bundling and palletizing445
    Carrier route level444
    Five-digit level443
    Packaging, sacking, and per-piece ratesEx. 441a, 441b
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail447
    ZIP+4 mail447

Price lists321.2e

Printed forms321.2d

Printed sheets422.4

Printing on envelopes141.17, 141.2

Priority Mail
    Authorizations and permits136.94
    Description136.91, 326.1
    Letter and flat presorting363.1
    Mailing procedures373
    Mailing statements383.24
    Marketing362.1
    Parcel presorting363.2
    Pickup service326.5
    Postage payment136.96
    Preparation136.95, 326.2
    Presorted314.3, 326.4, 383.2
    Rates and fees136.93, Ex. 314.1, 314.2, 314, 383
    Reshipment326.3, 919.112
    Sacking requirements363.12, 363.22, 363.3
    Treatment136.97

Prisoners mail delivery115.97, 153.6

Privacy of overseas military mail125.4

Private Express Statutes
    Authoritative advice112.5
    General coverage112.3
    Implementing regulations112.2
    Violations112.4

Private mail receptacles146.2

Privately printed stamped envelopes (See Personalized stamped
envelopes.)

Processing categories
    Flat size128.3
    Irregular parcels128.5
    Letter size128.2
    Machinable parcels128.4
    Outside parcels128.6

Prohibitions
    Air mail321.3
    Bulletin board items113.82
    Closures521.42
    Mailing lists945.15
    Prohibitory order applications123.61
    Rigid or odd-shaped items526.2
    Stamp imitations142.6, Ex. 142.62
    Wrapping521.41

Public areas  (See Lobbies or public areas.)

Publisher record maintenance and verification
    Eligibility records425.1
    Failure to file or publish Form 3526425.8
    Information requirements425.2
    Nonsubscriber/nonrequester copy distribution requirements425.9
    Record types425.3
    Statement of ownership, management, and circulation425.7
    Verification procedures425.5
    Verification requirements425.4

Puerto Rico
    Excise tax collection115.96
    Mail inspection115.92b

Purchaser's mistake147.12

Q

Quality control
    Alternate Mailing Systems145.924
    Manifest Mailing System145.725

Quiet zone  (See Barcode clear space.)

R

Radioactive materials124.37, 321.31d

Rates and classification centers132

Rates and fees  (See also Computation standards; Postage
payment.)
    Address correction fee712.1
    Address sequencing services946.7
    Addressed fourth-class pieces711.5
    Annual bulk mailing fee612.1, 623.1
    Annual presort fee341
    Application fees for second-class mail privileges412.1
    Automation-based rates514.1
    Bound printed matterEx. 711.11, 711.2, Ex. 711.23
    Bulk ratesEx. 611.13, 611.2, 623-628
    Business reply mail917.3
    Caller service952.2
    Certificates of mailing931.2
    Certified mail912.3
    Classroom rates411.34
    Collect on delivery mail914.2
    Common characteristics411.1
    Copies returned to publishers411.5
    Destination BMC entry rate mailing fee743
    Eligibility411.12
    Express Mail136.73, 210
    Fees and surcharges315, 353.3
    Firm holdouts954.3
    Forwarding691.5
    Franked mail137.111
    Insured mail913.2, 913.33
    Keys and identification devices611.13
    Library rate711.4
    Mailing lists945.16
    Mailings by general public411.5
    Merchandise return919.3
    Meter setting144.35
    Money orders941.124
    Nonmachinable surcharge753
    Nonprofit rates411.33
    Nonsorted bulk312
    Nonstandard surcharge613
Nonsubscriber and nonrequester copies mailed by publishers and news
agents411.4
    Parcel airlift918.4
    Parcel post rates711.1
    Penalty mail137.263
    Pickup service fee712.4
Piece rates411.132, 411.23, 411.326, 411.333, 411.343, 411.353,
611.221
    Post office boxes951.2, Ex. 951.222, 951.3
Pound rates411.112, 411.131, 411.22, 411.325, 411.332, 411.342,
411.352, 611.221
    Preferred rates411.3
    Presort level second-class411.141
    Presorted bulk First-Class313
    Priority Mail136.93, 314, Ex. 314.1, 314.2
    Reductions411.114, 411.345, 411.355
    Registered mail911.2, Ex. 911.21
    Regular second-class mail411.2
    Restricted delivery931.2
    Return691.5
    Return receipts932.2, 934.3
    Science of agriculture rates411.35
Second-class mail packaging, sacking, and per-piece ratesEx. 441a,
441b
    Single piece311, Ex. 611.11, 611.1
    Special delivery mail915.3
    Special fourth-class presort mailing fee712.1, 742
    Special fourth-class rates711.3, Ex. 711.32, 724
    Special handling mail916.4
    State Department mail sent abroad126.25
    Summary of third-class ratesEx. 611.2
    Walk-sequence rates411.127
    Zoned rates711.6

RCCs  (See Rates and classification centers.)

Recall of mail
    Carriers152.74
    Expenses152.72
    Original postage152.73
    Registered mail152.75, 911.39
    Return152.77
    Telegram152.76
    Who may recall152.71

Receipts  (See also Delivery receipts.)
    Express Mail return297
    Mail Claim Check System158.21
    Postage purchase142.22

Receiving boxes152.4

Receptacles  (See Mail receptacles.)

Records  (See Sound recordings.)

Recovery of articles149.82

Recruiting posters113.84

Reductions in rates411.114, 411.345, 411.355
    Third-class bulk rates611.222

Reentry
    Application427.5, Ex. 427.11
    Changing advertising authorization427.3
    Changing qualification categories427.2
    Changing title, frequency, or known office of publication427.1
    Mailing while application is pending427.4

Reflectance
    Barcoded sack labels769.34
    Nonbarcoded pieces qualifying for ZIP+4 rates543, 545.3
    ZIP+4 Barcoded mail551.4

Refunds
    Amount allowable147.22
    Application for147.24
    Claims for296
    Duplicate notices474
    Express Mail Custom Designed Service223.3
    Express Mail Military Service226.6
    Express Mail Same Day Airport Service222.2
    Metered postage147.33
    Meters and meter stamps147.31
    Payment of excess postage submitted at time of mailing147.4
    Permit imprints147.32
    Plant-loaded mail154.738
    Procedures147.21
    Rejected envelopes141.29, 147.32, 147.35
    Retail services147.34
    Stamps147.32
    Unallowable refunds147.23
    Value added refunds147.42

Refusal  (See Delivery, refusal, and return.)

Registered mail
    Apartment house delivery153.63
    Application procedure919.221
    Bad condition911.47
    Collect on delivery914.174, 914.436, 914.8
    Declaration by sender911.25, Ex. 911.252
    Delivery911.4
    Description911.1
    Fees911.2, Ex. 911.21
    Firm registration books911.36
    Fragile items911.33
    Highway contract route delivery911.46
    Hotel delivery153.63
    Liability911.2, Ex. 911.21
    Mail registered without prepayment911.26
    Mailable matter911.12
    Mailing receipts911.38
    Merchandise return919.42, 919.623
    Packing911.34
    Penalty mail137.276
    Preparation911.3
    Recall152.75
    Refunds911.24
    Registered COD911.151
    Restricted delivery911.37, 911.43
    Return159.325
    Return receipts911.37
    Rural delivery911.45
    Sealing911.32
    Uninsured article inquiries911.5
    Window envelopes911.35
    Withdrawal or recall911.39

Registered mail claims
    Additional post office responsibilities149.44
    Disposition of damaged articles149.42
    Filing instructions149.41
    General instructions149.2
    Processing Form 565149.43

Regular machine cancellations164.46

Reimbursements
    Indemnity claims149.83
    Nonpostal services154.6

Religious organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.131
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.231

Relocatable labels527.2, 527.3

Renewal order forms  (See Subscription forms.)

Reporting and recordkeeping
    Certified mail delivery records912.54
    Collect on delivery mail914.72
    Discontinuance of post offices113.24
    Indemnity claim delivery records149.23
    Insured mail delivery records913.72-913.73
    Optional Procedure Mailing System145.88
    Post office box customers951.6
    Publisher record maintenance and verification425
    Record of service callers952.237
    Return receipt for merchandise delivery records934.64

Requester publications
    Application for second-class mail privileges423.43-423.45
    Circulation requirements423.42
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges423.41
    Revocation of second-class mail privileges423.46

Reshipments326.3, 919.112, 919.113, 919.12

Residential housing delivery155.23

Residual pieces
    Automated site mailings366.23
    Basic rate level second-class mail441.4
    Carrier route mail444.4, 624.33
    Five-digit level rate second-class mail443.4
    National mailings364.16, 365.5
    Presorted First-Class Mail367.5
    Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail563.5
    ZIP+4 mail562.5

Restricted delivery153.17
    Collect on delivery mail914.171
    Delivery933.4
    Description933.1
    Fees931.2
    Insured mail913.31
    Procedures933.3
    Refunds933.5
    Registered mail911.37, 911.43

Restricted matter  (See also Dangerous materials; Flammable
materials; Hazardous materials.)
    Abortive and contraceptive devices or materials124.48
    Intoxicating liquors124.42
    Liquids and powders124.44
    Matter emitting obnoxious odor124.43
    Motor vehicle master keys124.45
    Odd-shaped items in envelopes124.47

Retail services refund application147.34

Retention of mail122.18, 953.4

Return  (See also Delivery, refusal, and return; Direct return;
Merchandise return; Return receipts; Return receipts for merchandise.)
    Bound printed matter136.86
    Endorsed pieces792.1
    First-Class Mail392
    Forwarding and return postage guaranteed691.3, 691.4
    Fourth-class mail791, 792
    Insured mail913.8, 913.32
    Meter stamped pieces792.2
    Mixed class mail136.53
    No service requested mail794
    Penalty mail137.262
    Recalled mail152.77
    Receipts for military delivery153.94
    Request to return141.254
    Second-class mail473
    Special cancellation mail176.23
    Special fourth-class mail136.86
    Third-class mail692
    Undeliverable mail159.3
    Unendorsed pieces792.1

Return address122.15, 122.31  (See also Addressing.)
    Company permit145.352
    Envelopes141.17, 141.23
    Precanceled mail143.177

Return receipts
    Delivery932.4
    Description932.1
    Duplicates932.5
    Fees932.2
    Insured mail913.32
    Mailing procedures932.3
    Military mail153.94
    Refunds932.6

Return receipts for merchandise
    Acceptance procedures934.8
    Carrier controls934.7
    Delivery934.6
    Description934.1
    Fees934.3
    Firm mailings934.5
    Mailable matter934.2
    Mailing procedures934.4

Reusable mailpieces629.24
    Physical limitations354

Revenue deficiency148

Revocations
    Alternate Mailing Systems145.929
    Manifest Mailing System145.78

Revolvers  (See Pistols, revolvers, and other concealable
firearms.)

Rifles and shotguns124.53

Rigid or odd-shaped items526.2

Rural mailboxes (See Mailboxes, curbside.)

Rural service122.411, 122.924
    Boxes152.23
    Carrier service156.3
    Certified mail912.52
    Delivery routes156.2
    Forwardable mail159.222b
    Insured mail913.54
    Money order issuance941.14
    Postage payment156.4
    Registered mail911.45
    Return receipt for merchandise934.62
    Special delivery mail915.543
    Stations and branches156.1

S

Sacking requirements
    Barcoded sack labels769
    Basic rate level second-class mail441.3
    Bulk mail center sacks641.222
    Carrier route level rates second-class mail444.3
    Five-digit level rate second-class mail443.3
    Palletizing sacks644.3
    Priority Mail363.12, 363.22, 363.3
    Sack sortation and labeling441.31, 443.3, 444.3
    Special fourth-class mail764.2
    Third-class bulk mail641
    Three-digit sack contents identifier codeEx. 446.36

Sample claims
    Adjudication149.64
    Filing procedures149.62
    Partial payments149.63
    Time limitsEx. 149.65
    Who may file149.61

Sample copies428.41

Savings bonds943

SCF rates  (See Sectional center facility rates.)

Schools, delivery to persons in153.6

Science of agriculture rates411.35
Application procedure for second-class mail
privileges424.32-424.35, Ex. 424.321a-424.321c
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges424.31

Scientific organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.133
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.233

Screening of mail115.4

Sealed mail115.2-115.3

Search warrants
    Execution procedures115.62
    Federal warrant115.61
    Notice to sender or addressee115.63

Second-attempt delivery of parcels153.84

Second-class mail  (See also Automation-compatible mail;
Specific category requirements, second-class mail.)
    Addressing429.3
    Ancillary services470
Application for second-class mail privileges423.14-423.16, Ex.
423.141
    Classification420
    Detached address labels for flats429.7
    Enclosures of different classes136.31
    Endorsements429.4429.4
    Enveloping429.5
    External characteristics429.2
    Forwardable159.221d, 159.23b
    Identification requirements429.6
    Internal characteristics429.1
    Issuance from a known office of publication422.3
Key rate, simplified postage computation for publications subject to
advertising zone rates463.4
    Mailing procedures450
    Marking requirements429.4
    Penalty mail indicia formats137.277, Ex. 137.277a(1), 137.277a(2)
    Periodical publications422.1
    Permit imprints145.32
    Plant-loaded154.132, 154.521b, 154.522b(2)
    Postage payment460
    Presorting440, Ex. 441b
    Printed sheets422.4
    Rates and fees410
    Regular issuance422.2
    Revocation of privileges423.17
    Service objectives430
    Wrapping, sealing, and folding429.5

Second-class rate mailable matter
    Back numbers and reprints428.3
    Complete copies428.1
    Copies not paid for by the addressee428.4
    Issues and editions428.2
    Multiple issues428.225, 428.226, Ex. 428.225, Ex. 428.226

Sectional center facility rates
    Authorized entry424.92
    Documentation424.94
    Mailing424.93

Security  (See Mail security.)

Self-mailers917.57, 917.621

Sender instruction for undeliverable mail159.32

Service area for plant-loaded mail154.13

Service guarantee for Express Mail230

Service in post office
    Articles found in lobbies or public areas113.9
    Bulletin boards113.8
    Discontinuance of post offices113.2
    Emergency suspension of service113.3
    Establishment of post offices113.1
    Holiday service levelsEx. 113.76
    Hours of business113.7
    Military post office113.6
    Postal facility names113.5
    Station and branch discontinuance113.4

Service marks  (See Trademarks and service marks.)

Service objectives
    First-Class Mail330
    Fourth-class mail730
    Second-class mail430
    Third-class mail630

Sexually oriented advertisements
    Application for listing123.52
    Availability of Postal Service lists123.54
    Disposal of application for listing123.57
    Markings of envelope123.55
    Revocation of listing123.53
    Violations123.56

Shape
    Automation-compatible mail521.2
    Third-class mail629.22

Sharp instruments  (See Firearms, knives, and sharp
instruments.)

Shotguns124.53

Sidewalk delivery155.233, 155.251b

Signature requirements for money orders941.33

Signature stamps932.42
    Money orders941.335

Single-liner pressure-sensitive labels527.21

Single-piece rate mail
    Cards311.1
    First-Class automated site mailings325.132
    First-Class national mailings325.123c
    Mailing procedures371, 651, 771
    Mailing statements622.4
    Marking622.5, 629.61
    Metered144.521
    Minimum quantities622.2
    Noncard matter311.2
    Place of mailing622.7
    Postage payment381, 622.3, 661.1, 781
    Presort and facing requirements622.6
    Priority Mail314.2, 383.1
    Third-classEx. 611.11, 611.1, 622

Size
    Automation-compatible mail521.1
    Carrier route presort mail624.34
    Express Mail252
    First-Class Mail352
    Franked mail137.14
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.63
Mail addressed from, to, or between military post offices
overseas125.14
    Minimum standards127
    Parcels773
    Priority Mail314.12
    State Department mail sent abroad126.24
    Third-class mail629.22

Skins124.65

Social Security cards as identification
    Caller service952.152d
    Collect on delivery mail914.52a
    Post office box application951.142d

Soft goods, bulk mail system guidelines121.74

Solicitations123.41

Solids, flammable124.333, 321.3c

Sorting category rates
    Automated site mailings325.13
    National mailings325.12

Sorting requirements for presorted First-Class Mail367.2, 367.52

Sound recordings725.53
    Bulk mail system guidelines121.75
    Disposal of159.523

Special cancellations164.43, 164.84c
    Authorization171
    Disposition174
    Mail submitted for176
    Postal-message cancellation175
    Requirements for obtaining173
    Revocation172

Special delivery mail
    Delivery915.5
    Delivery points915.51
    Description915.1
    Fees in addition to postage915.3
    Forwarding915.6
    Frequency of delivery915.53
    Highway contract route delivery915.543
    Hours of delivery915.52
    Mailing procedures915.4
    Metered mail144.522
    Military installation delivery915.544
    Rural delivery915.543

Special fourth-class mail
    Bulk rate mailings136.85
    Container or pallet labeling764.3
    Definition136.81
    Enclosures724.3
    Forwarding136.86
    Machinability136.82
    Mailing fee742
    Marking136.84, 764.1
    Postage payment136.83
    Presort mailing fee712.1
    Presort rate mailings136.85
    Rates711.3, Ex. 711.32, 724
    Return136.86
    Sack labeling764.2

Special handling mail
    Availability916.2
    Description916.1
    Fees in addition to postage916.4
    Forwarding916.6
    Marking916.5
    Merchandise return919.43, 919.624
    Penalty mail137.276
    Requirements916.3

Special mail services  (See also Special services.)
    Business reply mail917
    Certified mail912
    Collect on delivery mail914
    Insured mail913
    Merchandise return919
    Parcel airlift918
    Registered mail911
    Special delivery915
    Special handling916

Special materials cancellation requests164.73

Special nonprofit rates411.33, 424.1
    Application procedure424.15-424.18

Special services
    Alternate delivery services950
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.62
    Indemnity claims149.1
    Military mail134.24
    Mixed class mail136.53
    Nonmail services940
    Penalty mail137.264, 137.276
    Permit mail145.34
    Special mail services910
    State Department mail sent abroad126.23
    Supplemental mail services930

Specific category requirements, second-class mail
    Advertising423.13
    Circulation423.12
    Classroom rate424.2, Ex. 424.221a-424.221c
    Delivery office rates424.4
    Eligible institution and society publications423.2
    Foreign publications423.5
    General publications423.1, Ex. 423.123
    News agent registry423.6
    Nonprofit organizations424.12-424.17
    Presort rate requirements424.8
    Requester publications423.4
    Science of agriculture rate424.3
    Sectional center facility rates424.9
    Special nonprofit rate424.1
    State departments of agriculture423.3
    Walk-sequence rates424.7
    ZIP+4 Barcoded rates424.6
    ZIP+4 rates424.5

Spoiled contents of insured mail913.57

SPRs  (See Irregular parcels.)

Stamped envelopes141

Stamps  (See also Commemorative stamps; Meter stamps; Nonpostal
stamps; Postage payment; Rates and fees.)
    Adhesive142
    Coiled163.523, 163.533
    Conservation942.1
    Conversion to other forms of postage147.14
    Exchanges and refunds147
    Highway contract route sale157.7
    Meter144.4
    Migratory-bird hunting942.1
    Penalty mail137.275
    Precanceled143, 342, 364.21
    Unserviceable147.11

Standard cancellations164.44, 164.84d

Staples and steel stitching121.345

State Department  (See U.S. Department of State.)

State departments of agriculture  (See also U.S. Department of
Agriculture; U.S. Department of State.)
    Application for second-class mail privileges423.32-35, Ex. 423.321
    Eligibility for second-class mail privileges423.31
    Revocation of second-class mail privileges423.35

State terminal inspections115.92c

Statements of account321.1d

Stationery
    Commemorative162, 163
    Mailability121.52
    Package utilizationEx. 121.5
    Unserviceable147.13

Stations
    Discontinuance113.4
    Metered mail144.531
    Postage meters144.75
    Requirements113.122
    Rural156.1
    Temporary philatelic163.34

Stickers. (See Labels

Storage of mail
    Mail Claim Check System158.25, Ex. 158.251
    Plant-loaded mail154.74

Subscription forms423.123, 429.322, 429.324

Subscription to Domestic Mail Manual111.53

Summary listing documentation option for ZIP+4 Barcoded mail364.23

Supplemental mail services
    Certificates of mailing931
    Restricted delivery933
    Return receipts932, 934

Surcharges  (See Rates and fees.)

Suspension of postal service in emergencies113.31

Suspensions
    Optional Procedure Mailing System145.873
    Private Express Statutes112.35

Tabs521.5

Tags
    Collect on delivery mail914.3, 914.3, 914.66-914.67
    Merchandise return919.15

Tape521.5
    Closure and reinforcement121.342

Tape cassettes121.76

Taxes, excise tax collection115.96

Telegram for recall of mail152.76

Temporary philatelic stations
    Cancellation services164.9
    Retail sales163.34

Test packages121.6

Third-class mail (See also Automation-compatible mail.)
    Additions, attachments, and enclosures629.1
    Ancillary services690
    Bulk mail presort requirements640
    Classification620
    Deposit with employees152.3b
    Detached address labels629.4, 629.5
    Forwardable159.221e, 159.23c
    Forwarding141.254e, 691
    Insured913.82
    Mailing procedures650
    Marking629.6
    Permit imprints145.23, 145.33, Ex. 145.41b, 145.41c, 145.41d
    Plant-loaded154.133, 154.521c, 154.522b(3)
    Postage payment660
    Rates and fees610
    Return159.327
    Service objectives630
    Undeliverable141.254d

Threatening mail115.42

3/5 presort rate mail624.2
    Marking629.62

Three-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail
    Automated site mailings325.131
    Card rates313.721
    National mailings325.122a
    Noncard matter rates313.722
    Packaging364.14
    Postage payment382
    Traying364.15

Trademarks and service marks
    Listing119.11
    Proposed or pending registration119.13
    Use of119.12

Trailers, home delivery service155.25

Transportation equipment154.14, 154.62

Transportation of plant-loaded mail154.7

Traying
    Automated site mailings364.33, 366.2
    Automation-compatible mail561.2, 562.41, 647.11
    Bulk mail647
    Carrier route mail367.4
    Five-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail364.13
    National mailings365.2
    Presorted First-Class Mail367.12
    Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail563.41
    Three-digit ZIP+4 Barcoded mail364.15
    ZIP+4 and ZIP+4 Barcoded second-class mail447.3

Trays  (See Traying.)

Treaty, matter posted in violation of159.45

Tubes for mailing121.325

U

Uncanceled stamp disposal159.432

Undeliverable mailEx. 159.14, Ex. 159.151a-159.151f
    Address Change Service159.3
    Address correction service159.3
    Certified mail912.65
    Dead letter branches and service areas159.5
    Dead mail159.4
    Forwarding159.2
    Franked mail137.16
    Mixed class475, 693, 795
    Return159.3
    Undeliverable as addressed122.434, 159.1

Unendorsed mail691.1

Unincorporated firms mail delivery153.5

Uninsured article inquiries911.5

Unprotected places, parcel delivery to153.82

Unsealed mail115.2-115.3

U.S. Armed Forces mail  (See Military mail.)

U.S. Congress
    Bulletin board notices113.83
    Franked mail137.11
    Surviving spouses137.123

U.S. Customs Service115.91

U.S. Department of Agriculture  (See also State departments of
agriculture.)
    Domestic mail from Hawaii or Puerto Rico115.92b
    Foreign-origin mail115.92a
    Plants124.66
    State terminal inspections115.92c

U.S. Department of Defense, overseas military mail125.2

U.S. Department of State
    Available facilities126.1
    Mail sent to U.S. government personnel abroad126
    Mailing conditions for authorized mail126.2
    Prohibited materials126.3

U.S. savings bonds943

U.S. Virgin Islands, excise tax collection115.96

U.S.Department of Agriculture  (See also State departments of
agriculture.)

V

Value added refunds
    Application for147.424
    Authorization to submit request147.422
    Customer agreement147.423
    General procedures147.421
    Mailer documentation147.427
    Mailing preparation147.425
    Mailing statements147.426

Vehicles, plant-loaded154.5

Verification of plant-loaded mail154.4

Vertical Improved Mail Mailrooms152.24

Veterans' organizations
    Second-class mail privileges424.137
    Special bulk rate eligibility625.237

VIM. (See Vertical Improved Mail Mailrooms

Violations. See also Legal considerations
    Hazardous materials124.367
    Pandering advertisements123.65
    Postal law114.2
    Private Express Statutes112.4
    Private mail receptacles146.24
    Sexually oriented advertisements123.56
    Unlawful use of stamps142.4

W

Wafer seals521.5

Waiting/holding154.153, 154.63

Walk-sequence rates411.127, Ex. 611.2
    Accuracy424.76, 624.86
    Addressing424.73, 624.83
    Delivery sequence424.77, 624.87
    Density424.74, 624.84
    Documentation424.78, 624.88
    Preparation424.72, 624.82

Weight
    Automation-compatible mail521.3
    Basis weight for paper stock522.2, 524.2, 525.2
    Carrier route presort mail624.34
    Computation standards384.1, 463.23, 663.1, 783.1
Determining combined weight during a calendar month463.34, Ex.
463.34
    Express Mail251
    First-Class Mail351
    Franked mail137.14
    Free matter for the blind or handicapped135.63
Mail addressed from, to, or between military post offices
overseas125.14
    Parcels773
    Priority Mail314.11
    State Department mail sent abroad126.24
    Third-class mail629.21

Window envelopes129.3, 141.14, 911.35, 917.56

Windows
    Dedicated philatelic163.33
    Regular stamp163.52
    Service hours113.7

Withdrawal
    Registered mail911.39
    Rural service156.35
    Stamps163.6

Wrappings521.41

Wrong person delivery153.13

Z

ZIP Code system
    Assignment of codes122.63
    Default codes122.927
    Discontinuance of post offices113.222-113.225
    Labeling listsEx. 122.63a-122.63t
    Placement of digits122.64
    Post office assistance to mailers122.65
    Use122.32

ZIP+4
    Database products535
    Definition122.61

ZIP+4 Barcoded mail
    Addressing325.3
    Automated site mailings325.111b, 325.112b, 325.13, 364.3, 364.4
    Automation-based rates514.11
    Barcode dimensions and spacing551.3
    Barcode format551.1
    Barcode location551.2
    Barcode requirements325.5
    Barcodes on inserts that appear through windows551.7
    Bulk rates628.3
    Card rates312.21
    Documentation325.9, 364.2
    Mailing procedures372
    Marketing362.6
    Marking325.7, 629.66
    Minimum quantities325.2
    National mailings325.111a, 325.112a, 325.12, 364.1
    Physical requirements325.6
    Postage payment364.2
    Presorting325.8
    Printing irregularities551.6
    Reading the ZIP+4 barcodeEx. 551.1
    Reflectance551.4
    Second-class424.6, 447
    Skew and baseline shift551.5
    Summary listing documentation option364.23

ZIP+4 First-Class Mail
    Addressing324.4
    Automated site mailings324.112, 324.122
    Automation compatibility324.5
    Documentation324.8
    Minimum number of pieces324.2
    National mailings324.111, 324.121
    Prebarcoded mail at ZIP+4 rates324.7
    Presorting324.6
    ZIP code requirements324.3

ZIP+4 mail  (See also Nonbarcoded pieces qualifying for ZIP+4
rates; Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded mail; ZIP+4 Presort mail.)
    85% requirement562, 563
    100% requirement563.2
    Addressing accuracy for automation compatibility530
    Automation-based rates514.12
    Bulk rates628.2
    Card rates312.11
    Contents line562.3
    Documentation562.6
    Finest level requirements534
    First-Class562.21, 562.52
    Marking629.64
    Noncard matter rates312.12
    Rate eligibility562.2
    Residual pieces562.5
    Second-class424.5, 447, 562.22, 562.53
    Sortation requirements562.4
    Third-class562.23, 562.54

ZIP+4 Presort mail
    Automated site mailings325.131, 366
    Card rates313.62
    Mailing procedures372
    Marketing362.5
    National mailings325.121b, 325.122b, 365
    Noncard matter rates313.622
    Postage payment382

Zone-rated matter711.6
    Express Mail136.742
    Priority Mail136.942

Zones122.7



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