
Chapter 2--Express Mail

210 Rates and Fees
    211 General Rate Information
        211.1 Charge per Piece
        211.2 Weight and Service Option
        211.3 Express Mail Military Service
        211.4 Pickup Fee
    212 Express Mail Same Day Airport Service Rates
    213 Express Mail Custom Designed Service Rates
    214 Express Mail Next Day and Second Day Services Rates
    215 Address Correction Fee
        215.1 Manual Correction
        215.2 Automated Correction
    216 Flat Rate Envelope
220 Classification
    221 Description
        221.1 Availability of Service
        221.2 Service Offerings
        221.3 International Express Mail
        221.4  Express Mail Military Service
    222 Express Mail Same Day Airport Service
        222.1 Availability of Service
        222.2 Refund of Postage
        222.3 Pickup Service
    223 Express Mail Custom Designed Service
        223.1 Availability of Service
        223.2 Service Agreement
        223.3 Refund of Postage
    224 Express Mail Next Day Service
        224.1 Availability of Service
        224.2 Types of Service Available
        224.3 Pickup Service
        224.4 Refund of Postage
    225  Express Mail Second Day Service
        225.1  Availability of Service
        225.2  Types of Service Available
        225.3  Pickup Service
        225.4  Refund of Postage
    226  Express Mail Military Service
        226.1  Availability of Service
        226.2  Type of Service--Post Office to Addressee
        226.3  Type of Service--EMMS Custom Designed
        226.4  Type of Service--EMMS Drop Shipment
        226.5  Pickup Service
        226.6  Refund of Postage
    227 Express Mail Reship Service
230 Service Guarantee
240 Authorizations and Permits
    241 Service Agreements
    242 Express Mail Corporate Accounts
250 Physical Limitations
    251 Weight
    252 Size
        252.1 Maximum
        252.2 Outside Pouch
260 Preparation Requirements
    261 Express Mail Same Day Airport Service
        261.1 Label 11-C
        261.2 Outside Piece
        261.3 Tag 2705
    262 Express Mail Custom Designed Service
        262.1 Required Forms
        262.2 Waiver of Signature
        262.3 Pouching
    263 Express Mail Next Day, Second Day, and Military Services
        263.1 Required Labels
        263.2 Waiver of Signature
        263.3 Next Day Service Pickup
        263.4 ZIP Code Determination
        263.5 Drop Shipment
        263.6 Multiple Pieces
270 Mailing
    271 Express Mail Same Day Airport Service
    272 Express Mail Custom Designed Service
    273 Express Mail Next Day and Second Day Services
        273.1 General
        273.2 Locations
        273.3 Time of Mailing
        273.4 Verification
280 Payment of Postage
    281  Express Mail
        281.1  General
        281.2 Meter Reply Express Mail
    282 Corporate Account
    283 Federal Agencies
    284 USPS Mail
    285 Pickup Charges
    286 Insufficient Prepayment
        286.1 Express Mail Next Day, Second Day, Military, and Same Day
                  Airport Services
        286.2 Express Mail Custom Designed Service
    287 Express Mail Shipments Not Bearing Postage
290 Ancillary Services
    291 Forwarding, Holding, and Return
        291.1 Forwarding
        291.2 Holding
        291.3 Return
    292 Address Correction and Directory Services
        292.1 Address Correction Service
        292.2  Address Change Service (ACS)
        292.3 Directory Service
    293 COD Service
        293.1 Express Mail COD Service
        293.2 Assignment and Delivery
    294 Evidence of Mailing
    295 Insurance and Indemnity
        295.1 General
        295.2 Document Reconstruction Insurance
        295.3 Merchandise Insurance
        295.4 Indemnity Payment, Exceptions
    296 Claims Procedures
        296.1 Claims for Refunds of Postage
        296.2 Claims for Insurance
        296.3 Indemnity Claims
    297 Return Receipts

Chapter 3--First-Class Mail

310 Rates and Fees
    311 Single-Piece Rates
        311.1 Card Rates (Postal Cards and Postcards)
        311.2 Rates for Matter Other Than Cards
    312 Nonpresorted Bulk Rates
        312.1 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Rate
        312.2 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded Rate
    313 Presorted Bulk First-Class Rates
        313.1 General
        313.2 Presorted First-Class Rates
        313.3 Carrier Route Rates
        313.4 (Reserved)
        313.5 (Reserved)
        313.6 ZIP+4 Presort Rates
        313.7 3-Digit ZIP+4 Barcoded Rates
        313.8 5-Digit ZIP+4 Barcoded Rates
    314 Priority Mail
        314.1 General
        314.2 Single-Piece Priority Mail Rates
        314.3 Presorted Priority Mail Rates
    315 Fees and Surcharges
        315.1 Nonstandard Surcharge
        315.2 Address Correction Service Fee
        315.3 Priority Mail Pickup Service Fee
        315.4 Presort Fee
320 Classification
    321 General Description
        321.1 Matter Mailable at First-Class Rates
        321.2 Examples
        321.3 Air Transportation Prohibitions
    322 Postal Cards and Postcards
        322.1 Postal Cards
        322.2 Postcards
        322.3 Restrictions on the Use of Double and Single Postal Cards
                  and Postcards
        322.4 Cards Other Than Postal Cards and Postcards
    323 Presorted First-Class Mail and Carrier Route First-Class Mail
        323.1 Rate Applicability
        323.2 Carrier Route First-Class Mail
    324 ZIP+4 First-Class Mail
        324.1 General
        324.2 Minimum Number of Pieces
        324.3 ZIP Code Requirements
        324.4 Addressing Requirements
        324.5 Physical Mailpiece Requirements for Automation Compatibility
        324.6 Presort
        324.7 Prebarcoded Mail at ZIP+4 Rates
        324.8 Documentation
    325  ZIP+4 Barcoded Rate
        325.1 General
        325.2  Minimum Quantity
        325.3  ZIP+4 and Addressing Requirements
        325.4 (Reserved)
        325.5 Barcode Requirements
        325.6 Physical Requirements
        325.7 Markings
        325.8 Presort
        325.9 Documentation
    326 Priority Mail
        326.1  Description
        326.2 Preparation
        326.3 Reshipment of Mail
        326.4 Presorted Priority Mail
        326.5 Pickup Service
    327 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Mail
        327.1 Minimum Quantity
        327.2 Eighty-Five Percent Requirement
        327.3 Physical Characteristics
        327.4 Preparation
        327.5 Documentation
    328 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded Mail
        328.1 Minimum Quantity
        328.2 Eighty-Five Percent Requirement
        328.3 Physical Characteristics
        328.4 Preparation
        328.5 Documentation Requirements
330 Service Objectives
    331 General
    332 Specific
340 Authorizations and Permits
    341 Annual Presort Fee
    342 Other Permits Required
350 Physical Limitations
    351 Weight Limits
    352 Size Limits
        352.1 Length and Girth
        352.2 Shape, Ratio, and Sealing
    353 Nonstandard First-Class Mail
        353.1 Size Limits
        353.2 Delays
        353.3 Surcharge
        353.4 Handling
    354 Reusable Mailpieces
        354.1 General
        354.2 Initial Preparation
        354.3 Preparation of the Return Piece
        354.4 Noncomplying Pieces
360 Preparation Requirements
    361 Addressing
        361.1 General Requirements
        361.2 Ancillary Service Endorsements
        361.3 Priority Mail
        361.4 Presorted First-Class Mail and Carrier Route First-Class Mail
        361.5  ZIP+4 First-Class Mail
        361.6 ZIP+4 Barcoded First-Class Mail
    362  Marking Requirements
        362.1  Priority Mail
        362.2 Presorted First-Class Mail
        362.3 Carrier Route First-Class Mail
        362.4 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Mail
        362.5  ZIP+4 Presort First-Class Mail
        362.6 ZIP+4 Barcoded First-Class Mail
        362.7  Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded Mail
    363 Preparation Requirements for Presorted Priority Mail
        363.1 Presort Requirements for Letters and Flats
        363.2 Presort Requirements for Parcels
        363.3   Physical Requirements for Sacks
    364 ZIP+4 Barcoded First-Class Mail
        364.1 National Mailings - Presort Requirements
        364.2  Documentation and Postage Payment Requirements
        364.3 Automated Site Mailings - Preparation Requirements
        364.4 Automated Site Mailings - Documentation Requirements
        364.5  Submission of Documentation Based on a Mailing List or Cycle
        364.6 Mailing Statements
    365 ZIP+4 Presort First-Class Mail - National Mailings
        365.1 General
        365.2 Packaging and Traying Requirements
        365.3 Postage Payment
        365.4 Mailing Statements
        365.5 Residual Pieces
    366 Combined Presort Mailings Destinating at Automated Sites
        366.1 General Requirements
        366.2 Grouping and Traying
        366.3 Documentation and Postage Payment
        366.4 Mailing Statements
    367 Preparation of Presorted First-Class and Carrier Route
            First-Class Mailings
        367.1 Presorted First-Class Mail
        367.2 Sortation Requirements for Qualifying Presorted First-Class
                  Pieces
        367.3 Carrier Route First-Class Mail (Packaging Requirements)
        367.4 Carrier Route First-Class Mail (Traying Requirements)
        367.5 Residual Full-Rate Pieces
    368 Preparation of Nonpresorted Bulk Rate First-Class Mail
        368.1 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Mail
        368.2 Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded Mail
        368.3 Separation of Rate Categories
    369 Optional Endorsement Line in Address Block or Label
        369.1 General
        369.2 Format Specifications
        369.3 Examples.
370 Mailing
    371 Regular Single-Piece and Card Rates
    372 Matter Mailed at Carrier Route First-Class, Presorted
            First-Class, Nonpresorted ZIP+4, ZIP+4 Presort, and ZIP+4
            Barcoded Rates
        372.1  Deposit of Mail
        372.2  Approved Collection Service
        372.3  Deposit of Metered Mail at Other Than the Licensing Post
                  Office
    373  Priority Mail
        373.1 General Requirement
        373.2 Exceptions
    374 Presort Verification
        374.1 Where Verified
        374.2 When a Carrier Route First-Class, Presorted
                  First-Class, Nonpresorted ZIP+4, ZIP+4 Presort, or ZIP+4
                  Barcoded Mailing is Disqualified
380 Payment of Postage
    381 Single-Piece Rates
        381.1 Method of Payment
        381.2 Payment According to Weight
        381.3 Aggregation of Letters
    382   Carrier Route First-Class, Presorted First-Class,
                Nonpresorted ZIP+4, Nonpresorted ZIP+4 Barcoded, ZIP+4
            Presort,Digit ZIP+4 Barcoded,
        382.1 Method of Payment
        382.2 Exact Postage on Each Piece
        382.3 Postage at Lowest Rate in Mailing Affixed to All Pieces in
                  the Mailing
        382.4 Neither Lowest Rate Nor Correct Postage Affixed to Each Piece
        382.5  Mailing Statement
        382.6 ZIP+4 Barcoded Rate Combined Mailings With Different
                  Postage Payment Methods
        382.7  Combined Mailing Documentation Submission Requirements
    383  Priority Mail Rates
        383.1 Single-Piece Rates
        383.2 Presorted Priority Mail
    384  Computation Standards
        384.1  Weight
        384.2  Postage
390  Ancillary Services
    391  Forwarding
    392 Return and Address Correction
        392.1 Return
        392.2 Address Correction Service
        392.3  Address Change Service
        392.4 Nonmailable or Nonstandard Pieces

Chapter 4--Second-Class Mail

410 Rates and Fees
    411 Rates
        411.1 Characteristics Common to All Rates
        411.2 Regular Rates
        411.3 Preferred Rates
        411.4  Nonsubscriber and Nonrequester Copies Mailed by Publishers
                  and News Agents
        411.5  Mailings by the General Public and Copies Returned to
                  Publishers
    412 Fees
        412.1 Application Fees
        412.2 Address Correction Fee
420 Classification
    421 Types of Authorization
    422 Requirements for All Second-Class Publications
        422.1 Periodical Publications
        422.2 Regular Issuance
        422.3 Issuance from a Known Office of Publication
        422.4 Printed Sheets
    423 Requirements for Specific Categories
        423.1 General Publications
        423.2  Publications of Eligible Institutions and Societies
        423.3  Publications of State Departments of Agriculture
        423.4  Requester Publications
        423.5  Foreign Publications
        423.6  News Agent Registry
    424  Additional Eligibility Requirements for Specific Rates
        424.1 Special Nonprofit Rate
        424.2  Classroom Rate Publications
        424.3  Science-of-Agriculture Rate Publications
        424.4  Delivery Office Rates
        424.5 ZIP+4 Rates
        424.6 ZIP+4 Barcoded Rates
        424.7 Walk-Sequence Rates
        424.8 Additional Requirements for Presort Rates
        424.9 SCF Rates
    425  Maintenance and Verification of Publisher Records
        425.1  Eligibility Records
        425.2  Information Requirements
        425.3  Types of Records
        425.4  Verification Requirements
        425.5  Verification Procedures
        425.6  Distribution Records for
                  Presort Levels B, C, H, I, and K
        425.7  Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
        425.8  Failure to File or Publish Form 3526
        425.9 Documentation of Compliance With Nonsubscriber/Nonrequester
                  Copy Distribution Requirements
    426  How to Mail at More Than One Post Office
        426.1  Additional Entry
        426.2 Restrictions
        426.3  Processing and Ruling on Applications
        426.4  Use of Authorized Entries
        426.5  Revocation of Additional Entry
        426.6 Exceptional Dispatch
        426.7 Acceptance of Air-Freighted Second-Class Publications at
                  Airport Mail Facilities (AMFs)
    427  Reentry--How to Change the Title,
            Frequency, Office of Publication, or Qualification Category
        427.1  Changing Title, Frequency, or Known Office of Publication
        427.2 Changing Qualification Categories
        427.3 Changing Advertising Authorization
        427.4 Mailing While Application is Pending
        427.5 Processing and Ruling on Applications for Reentry
    428  What May Be Mailed at Second-Class Rates
        428.1  Complete Copies
        428.2 Issues and Editions
        428.3 Back Numbers and Reprints
        428.4 Copies Not Paid for by the Addressee
    429  Mailpiece Characteristics
        429.1  Internal Characteristics
        429.2  External Characteristics
        429.3  Addressing
        429.4  Marking Requirements and Endorsements
        429.5  Enveloping and Wrapping, Sealing, and Folding
        429.6  Identification Requirements
        429.7  Detached Address Labels for Flats
430  Service Objectives
    431  General
    432  Newspaper Treatment
440  Presorting
    441  Preparation Requirements for the Basic Rates (Levels A, G, and
                J) -- Exhibit 441a and Exhibit 441b
        441.1  General
        441.2 Packaging
        441.3 Sacking Requirements
        441.4 Residual Mail
    442 (Reserved)
    443  Preparation Requirements for the Five-Digit Level Rates (Levels
            B and H)
        443.1  General
        443.2 Packaging Requirements
        443.3 Sacking Requirements
        443.4 Residual Mail
    444 Preparation Requirements for the Carrier Route (Level C, I, and
            K) Rates
        444.1 General
        444.2 Packaging Requirements
        444.3  Sacking Requirements
        444.4 "Residual" Mail
    445  Bundling and Palletizing
        445.1 Bundling Instead of Sacking (Bedloading Bundles)
        445.2 Packages and Bundles Presented on Pallets
        445.3 Co-Palletization of Multiple Second-Class Publications
        445.4 Palletizing Sacks
    446 Optional Use of Barcoded Sack Labels
        446.1 General
        446.2 Sack Label Specifications
        446.3 Barcode Specifications
    447 Special Preparation Requirements for ZIP+4 and ZIP+4 Barcoded
            Mailings
        447.1 General
        447.2 Basic Preparation Requirements
        447.3 Trays
450 Mailing
    451 Who May Mail
    452 Copies Mailed by Printer
    453 Place of Mailing
460 Postage Payment Procedures
    461 Copies Filed by Publishers
        461.1 Copy to Show Compliance With Basic Requirements
        461.2 Copy Marked to Show Advertising
        461.3 Notification to Other Entry Offices
    462 Payment of Postage
        462.1 In Advance of Dispatch
        462.2 Method of Payment
        462.3 Mailer Responsibility
    463 Mailing Statement
        463.1 General
        463.2  Computation Standards
        463.3 Monthly Mailing Statement
        463.4 Key Rate
        463.5 News Agent's Mailing Statement
    464  Centralized Postage Payment (CPP) System
        464.1  Description
        464.2  Conditions for Authorization
        464.3  Application/Authorization Process
        464.4  Approving or Denying Applications
        464.5  Revocation
    465 Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Postage Payment System
        465.1 General
        465.2 Program Participation Criteria for Mailers
        465.3 Authorization
        465.4 DMU Functions
        465.5 Destination Postal Facility Functions
        465.6 Liability
        465.7 Postage
470 Ancillary Services
    471 Forwarding
    472 Address Correction Service
        472.1 Notifying Publishers
        472.2 Sending Notification
        472.3 Address Change Service (ACS)
    473 Return
    474 Refunds for Duplicate Notices
    475 Mixed Classes

Chapter 5--Automation-Compatible Mail

510 General
    511 Content
    512 Applicability
        512.1  General Eligibility Requirements
        512.2  Specific Eligibility Requirements
    513 Alternative Preparation Requirements
    514 Definitions
        514.1 Automation-Based Rates
        514.2 Presort Rates
    515 Delivery Point Barcode
        515.1 General
        515.2 Description
        515.3 Numeric Equivalent
520 General Requirements for All Automation-Compatible Mailpieces
    521 Physical Characteristics
        521.1 Size
        521.2 Shape
        521.3 Weight
        521.4 Prohibitions
        521.5 Tabs, Wafer Seals, Tape, and Glue
    522 Envelopes and Pieces Sealed on All Sides
        522.1 General
        522.2 Basis Weight for Paper Stock
    523 Folded Self-Mailers
        523.1 General
        523.2 Construction
    524 Booklet-Type Mailpieces
        524.1 Applicability
        524.2 Basis Weight for Paper Stock
        524.3 Orientation of Bound Edge
        524.4 Tabs
    525 Cards
        525.1 General
        525.2 Basis Weight for Card Stock
        525.3 Recommendation
        525.4 Additional Requirements for Double Postcards
    526 Flexibility of Mailpieces
        526.1 Ability to Bend
        526.2 Rigid or Odd-Shaped Items
        526.3 Testing of Mailpieces for Flexibility
    527 Labels and Stickers on the Outside of Mailpieces
        527.1 Permanent Labels and Stickers
        527.2 Relocatable Labels and Stickers Affixed to the Outside of
                  Mailpieces
        527.3 Relocatable Labels for Recipient's Use on a Return Mailpiece
530 Requirements for Accuracy in Addresses and ZIP+4 Codes
    531 Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) Certification
        531.1 Use of CASS
        531.2 Address Lists
    532 Required Documentation
        532.1 General
        532.2 Description of Required Documentation
        532.3 Submission and Retention Requirements
        532.4  CASS Certificate
    533 How to Obtain CASS Certification
    534 Requirements for an Accurate Address
        534.1 Basic Requirements
        534.2  Depth of Code Quality
        534.3 Format of Numeric ZIP+4 Code
    535 ZIP+4 Database Products
        535.1 Descriptions
        535.2 Ordering ZIP+4 Database Tape Products
540 Requirements for Nonbarcoded Pieces Qualifying for ZIP+4 Rates
    541 General
        541.1 Applicability
        541.2 Address Content and Standardized Address Format
    542 OCR Readability
        542.1 OCR Read Area
        542.2 Placement of Address
        542.3 Limits for Nonaddress Printing in OCR Read Area
        542.4 Optical Character Reader (OCR) Readable Type
    543 Reflectance Requirements for Address Area
        543.1 Area Subject to Reflectance Requirements
        543.2 Background Reflectance
        543.3 Print Contrast Ratio
    544 Additional Requirements for Envelopes With Address Windows
            and Address Inserts
        544.1 Clear Space
        544.2 Window Cover Material
        544.3 Print Contrast Ratio
    545 Barcode Clear Zone
        545.1 Requirement
        545.2 Dimensions
        545.3 Reflectance
        545.4 What May Appear in the Barcode Clear Zone
        545.5 Address Windows
        545.6 Notice of Impact of Advanced Barcode System
        545.7  Barcode Windows in Lower Right Corner
    546 Ability to Accept USPS Water-Based Barcode Ink
        546.1 General Requirement
        546.2 Drying Time
        546.3 Nonpaper Materials
        546.4 Glossy and Coated Paper
        546.5 Material Testing Procedures
550 Requirements for Barcoded Pieces
    551 ZIP+4 Barcode Requirements
        551.1 Barcode Format
        551.2 Barcode Location
        551.3 Barcode Dimensions and Spacing
        551.4 Reflectance
        551.5 Skew and Baseline Shift
        551.6 Printing Irregularities
        551.7 Additional Requirements for Barcodes on Inserts that Appear
                  Through Windows
    552 Five-Digit Barcode Requirements
        552.1 General
        552.2 Barcode Format
        552.3 Barcode Location
560  Presort Requirements
    561  General
        561.1  Explanation of Presort Options
        561.2  Packages
        561.3  Separator Cards
        561.4  Trays
    562  Presorted ZIP+4 Mail
        562.1  (Reserved)
        562.2  Requirements
    563  Presorted ZIP+4 Barcoded Mail Tray-Based Preparation Requirements
        563.1  (Reserved)
        563.2 Requirements
    564 Package-Based Preparation Requirements--5-Digit ZIP+4 Barcoded
            Rate Mailings
        564.1  General Requirements
        564.2  Rate Eligibility
        564.3 Sortation Requirements--5-Digit Presort Tier
        564.4 Sortation Requirements--3-Digit Presort Tier
        564.5  Sortation Requirements--Residual/Basic Presort Tier
        564.6  Documentation Requirements
570 Mailing
580 Postage Payment
590 Ancillary Services

Chapter 6--Third-Class Mail

610 Rates and Fees
    611 Rates
        611.1 Single-Piece Rates
        611.2 Bulk Rates
    612  Fees
        612.1 Annual Bulk Mailing Fee
        612.2  Address Correction Fee
        612.3  Permit Imprint Fee
    613  Nonstandard Surcharge
620 Classification
    621 Description of Third-Class Mail
        621.1 General
        621.2 Circulars
        621.3 Printed Matter
        621.4 Not Sealed Against Postal Inspection
        621.5 Additional Restrictions
    622 Single-Piece Rate
        622.1 General
        622.2 Minimum Quantity
        622.3 Method of Postage Payment
        622.4 Mailing Statement
        622.5 Marking
        622.6 Presort and Facing Requirements
        622.7 Place of Mailing
        622.8 Addressing
    623 Bulk Rates--Conditions Applicable to All Third-Class Bulk Mail
        623.1 Annual Fee--Bulk Rates
        623.2  Processing Category
        623.3  Minimum Quantity
        623.4  Postage Payment
        623.5  Marking
        623.6  Presort
        623.7  Place of Mailing
        623.8  Addressing
        623.9 Services Not Available
    624  Conditions for Specific Bulk Rate Preparation Levels
        624.1  Basic Presort Rate Eligibility
        624.2  3/5 Presort Rate Eligibility
        624.3 Carrier Route Presort Rate Eligibility
        624.4  (Reserved)
        624.5  (Reserved)
        624.6  (Reserved)
        624.7  Destination Rates
        624.8 Walk-Sequence Reduction
    625 Additional Conditions for Special Bulk Rates Eligibility
        625.1 Authorization
        625.2 Qualified Nonprofit Organizations
        625.3 Qualified Political Committees
        625.4 Ineligible Organizations
        625.5 What May be Mailed
        625.6 Identification
    626 Application to Mail at the Special Bulk Rates
        626.1  Original Application Procedures
        626.2 Authorization at Additional Offices
        626.3 Granting or Denying Applications
        626.4  Appeal Procedures
        626.5 Mailing While Application is Pending
    627 Revocation of Special Bulk Rate Authorizations
        627.1 Revocation for Cause
        627.2 Revocation for Nonuse
    628 Additional Conditions for Automated Bulk Third-Class Rates
        628.1 Conditions Applicable to Automated Bulk Third-Class Rates
        628.2 ZIP+4 Rates
        628.3 ZIP+4 Barcoded Rates
    629  Mailpiece Characteristics
        629.1  Additions, Attachments, and Enclosures
        629.2  Physical Limitations
        629.3  Addressing
        629.4 Optional Use of Detached Address Labels for Flats
        629.5  Detached Address Labels for Merchandise Samples
        629.6  Marking
        629.7  Sealing and Securing
630  Service Objectives
640  Bulk Mail Presort Requirements
    641  Standard Packaging and Sacking Requirements
        641.1  Letter-Size, Flat-Size, and Irregular Parcel Mailings
        641.2 Machinable Parcel Preparation Requirements
        641.3 (Reserved)
        641.4  Additional Presort Requirements for Carrier Route Presort
                  Rate Mailings
    642  Optional Endorsement (Package Label) Line in Address Block or
            Label
        642.1  General
        642.2  Format Specifications
        642.3  Examples of Optional Endorsement Lines and Formats
    643  Irregular Parcels (SPRs)
        643.1 Exemptions From Packaging Requirements
        643.2 Authorizing Commingling
        643.3 Waiving Bundling Requirements
        643.4 Labeling Sacks
    644  Palletization Requirements
        644.1 Packages and Bundles Presented on Pallets
        644.2 Palletizing Machinable Third-Class Parcels
        644.3 Palletizing Combined Mailings of Thirdand Fourth-Class
                  Machinable Parcels
        644.4 Palletizing Sacks
    645  Bundling Instead of Sacking (Bedloaded Bundles)
        645.1 Authorization
        645.2 Package Preparation
        645.3 Bundle Preparation
    646 Optional Use of Barcoded Sack Labels
        646.1 General
        646.2 Sack Label Specifications
        646.3 Barcode Specifications
    647  Trays
        647.1  General
        647.2  Preparation of Mail in Trays
        647.3 Rate Eligibility
650 Mailing
    651 Single-Piece Rates--Place of Mailing
        651.1  Payment by Regular Adhesive Stamps
        651.2  Payment by Metered Postage
        651.3  Payment by Precanceled Stamps or Permit Imprints
    652 Bulk Rates
        652.1  Place of Mailing
        652.2 Separation of Mailings
660 Payment of Postage
    661 Method of Payment
        661.1 Single-Piece Mailings
        661.2 Bulk Mailings at the Basic Presort, 3/5 Presort, and
                  Carrier Route Presort Rates
        661.3  Bulk Mailings at ZIP+4 and ZIP+4 Barcoded Rates
        661.4 ZIP+4 Barcoded Rate Combined Mailings With Different
                  Postage Payment Methods
        661.5 Combined Mailing Documentation Submission Requirements
    662 Mailing Statements
        662.1 General
        662.2 Mailer Responsibility
    663  Computation Standards
        663.1  Weight
        663.2  Piece Count
        663.3  Postage
    664 Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Postage Payment System
        664.1 General
        664.2 Program Participation Criteria for Mailers
        664.3 Authorization
        664.4 DMU Functions
        664.5 Destination Postal Facility Functions
        664.6 Liability
        664.7 Postage
    665  Postage Payment for Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Permit
            Imprint Mailings at Origin Post Office Serving Mailer's Plant
        665.1 General
        665.2 Participation
        665.3 Required Mailer Documentation
        665.4 Post Office Responsibilities
670  (Reserved)
680  (Reserved)
690 Ancillary Services
    691 Forwarding and Return
        691.1 Unendorsed Mail
        691.2 Insured Mail
        691.3 Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed
        691.4 Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed--Address
                  Correction Requested
        691.5 Weighted Fee
    692 Return
    693 Mixed Classes
    694 Address Correction
        694.1  Description
        694.2  Procedures
        694.3  Address Change Service (ACS)
    695 No Service Requested
    696 Nonmailable or Nonstandard Pieces

Chapter 7--Fourth-Class Mail

710  Rates and Fees
    711  Rates
        711.1  Parcel Post Rates
        711.2  Bound Printed Matter Rates
        711.3  Special Fourth-Class Rates
        711.4  Library Rate
        711.5  Addressed Pieces
        711.6 Zoned Rates
    712  Fees
        712.1  Special Fourth-Class Presort Mailing Fee
        712.2  Address Correction Fee
        712.3  Destination BMC Rate Mailing Fee
        712.4  Pickup Service Fee
720 Classification
    721 General Provisions Applicable to All Fourth-Class Mail
        721.1 Description
        721.2 Additions and Enclosures
        721.3 Combined Mailings of Thirdand Fourth-Class Machinable
                  Parcels
    722 What May be Mailed at Parcel Post Rates
        722.1 Description
        722.2 Bulk Parcel Post
        722.3 Enclosures
        722.4  Destination Bulk Mail Center (DBMC) Entry Rate
        722.5 Pickup Service
    723 What May be Mailed at Bound Printed Matter Rates
        723.1 Description
        723.2 Bulk Bound Printed Matter
        723.3 Enclosures
    724 Special Fourth-Class Rates
        724.1 General Description
        724.2 Special Fourth-Class Presort Rates
        724.3 Enclosures
    725 Library Rate
        725.1 Description
        725.2 Items on Loan or Exchange
        725.3 Items Not Required to be on Loan or Exchange
        725.4 Books Mailed by a Publisher or Distributor
        725.5 Enclosures
730 Service Objectives
740 Authorizations and Permits
    741 Nonidentical Pieces Mailed at the Bulk Parcel Post Zone Rate
    742  Special Fourth-Class Presort Mailing Fee
    743  Destination BMC Entry Rate Mailing Fee
750 Physical Limitations
    751 Weight and Size Limits
    752 How to Compute the Size of a Parcel
        752.1 Measurement
        752.2 Two or More Packages
    753 Nonmachinable Surcharge
        753.1  General
        753.2  Applicable Items
760 Preparation Requirements
    761 General Requirements
        761.1 Addressing
        761.2 Sealing
    762 Preparation of Bulk Parcel Post
        762.1 Marking
        762.2 Separation
    763 Carrier Route Bound Printed Matter
        763.1 Eligibility
        763.2 Current Scheme
    764 Preparation of Special Fourth-Class Mail
        764.1 Marking
        764.2 Sack Labeling Requirements for Presort Rate Mail
        764.3 Container or Pallet Labeling Requirements for Presort Rate
                  Mail
    765 Combining of Thirdand Fourth-Class Machinable Parcels in the
            Same Sack or on the Same Pallet
        765.1 General
        765.2 Bulk Bound Printed Matter
        765.3 Special Fourth-Class
    766 Preparation of Library Rate Materials
    767 Preparation of Bound Printed Matter
        767.1 Markings
        767.2 Standard Preparation Requirements
        767.3 Machinable Parcel Preparation Requirements
        767.4 Bundling Instead of Sacking (Bedloaded Bundles)
        767.5 Packages Presented on Pallets
        767.6 Palletizing Machinable Fourth-Class Parcels
        767.7 Optional Handling of Bulk Mailings
        767.8 Preparation Requirements for Carrier Route Bound Printed
                  Matter Rate
    768 Optional Endorsement Line in Address Block or Label
        768.1 General
        768.2 Optional Labeling Requirements
        768.3 Examples of Optional Endorsement Line and Formats for Bound
                  Printed Matter Mailings
    769 Optional Use of Barcoded Sack Labels
        769.1 General
        769.2 Sack Label Specifications
        769.3 Barcode Specifications
770 Mailing
    771 Single-Piece Rates
    772 Bulk or Presort Rates
    773 Parcels Exceeding Size or Weight Limits
    774  Zoned Rates
780 Payment of Postage
    781 Single-Piece Mailings
    782 Bulk-Rate Mailings
    783  Computation Standards
        783.1  Weight
        783.2  Piece Count
        783.3  Postage
    784  Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Postage Payment System
        784.1 General
        784.2 Program Participation Criteria for Mailers
        784.3 Authorization
        784.4 DMU Functions
        784.5 Destination Postal Facility Functions
        784.6 Liability
        784.7 Postage
    785  Postage Payment for Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Permit
            Imprint Mailings at Origin Post Office Serving Mailer's Plant
        785.1 General
        785.2 Participation
        785.3 Required Mailer Documentation
        785.4 Post Office Responsibilities
790 Ancillary Services
    791 Forwarding and Return
        791.1 Local and Nonlocal
        791.2 Undeliverable
        791.3 Customer Refusal
        791.4 Applicable Rates and Conditions
    792 Return
        792.1 Endorsed and Unendorsed Pieces
        792.2 Pieces Bearing a Meter Stamp
        792.3 Rates and Conditions
    793 Address Correction
        793.1 Address Correction Service
        793.2  Address Change Service (ACS)
    794 No Service Requested
    795 Mixed Classes

Chapter 8--(Reserved)


Chapter 9--Special Services

910 Special Mail Services
    911 Registered Mail
        911.1 Description
        911.2 Fees and Liability
        911.3 Preparation for Mailing
        911.4 Delivery
        911.5 Inquiries on Uninsured Articles
    912 Certified Mail
        912.1 General
        912.2 What May be Certified
        912.3  Fees in Addition to Postage
        912.4 Mailing
        912.5 Delivery
        912.6 Carrier Controls
        912.7 Verified Mailing Receipts
        912.8 Verified Delivery Receipts
    913 Insured Mail
        913.1 Description
        913.2 Fees and Liability
        913.3 Additional Services
        913.4 Mailing
        913.5 Delivery
        913.6 Delivery Receipts
        913.7 Internal Controls
        913.8 Forwarding and Return
    914 Collect on Delivery (COD) Mail
        914.1 Description
        914.2  Fees
        914.3 COD Tags
        914.4 Mailing
        914.5 Delivery
        914.6 Issuance of Payment
        914.7 Special Instructions
        914.8 Registered COD Mail
    915 Special Delivery
        915.1 Description
        915.2  General
        915.3  Fees in Addition to Postage
        915.4 Mailing Procedures
        915.5  Delivery
        915.6  Forwarding
    916  Special Handling
        916.1 Description
        916.2 Availability
        916.3 Requirements
        916.4  Fees in Addition to Postage
        916.5  Marking
        916.6  Forwarding
    917 Business Reply Mail (BRM)
        917.1 General
        917.2 Permits
        917.3 Postage and Fees
        917.4 Address Alterations
        917.5 Format
        917.6  BRMAS Automation Requirements
    918 Parcel Airlift
        918.1 Definition
        918.2 Description of Service
        918.3 Physical Limitations
        918.4  Fees
        918.5 Marking
    919 Merchandise Return
        919.1  Description
        919.2 Permits
        919.3  Postage and Fees
        919.4  Additional Features Available With Merchandise Return
                  Service
        919.5  Formats
        919.6  Acceptance
        919.7 Delivery
920 (Reserved)
930 Supplemental Mail Services
    931 Certificates of Mailing
        931.1 Description
        931.2 Fees
        931.3 Procedures
        931.4 Forms
        931.5 Payment and Certification
    932 Return Receipts
        932.1 Description
        932.2  Fees
        932.3 Mailing Procedures
        932.4  Delivery
        932.5  Duplicates
        932.6  Refunds
    933 Restricted Delivery
        933.1 Description
        933.2  Fees
        933.3  Procedures
        933.4  Delivery
        933.5  Refunds
    934  Return Receipt for Merchandise
        934.1  Description
        934.2  What May be Sent With Return Receipt for Merchandise Service
        934.3  Fees
        934.4  Mailing
        934.5  Firm Mailing Books
        934.6  Delivery
        934.7  Carrier Controls
        934.8  Acceptance Procedures
940 Nonmail Services
    941 Money Orders
        941.1 Issuance
        941.2 International Money Orders
        941.3 Cashing
        941.4 Inquiries
        941.5 Photocopy or Replacement of Paid Money Orders
        941.6 Wrong Payment
        941.7 Nonpostal Money Orders
        941.8 Payments to Banks through Federal Reserve System
    942 Nonpostal Stamps
        942.1 Migratory-Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps
        942.2 United States Savings Stamps
    943 United States Savings Bonds
    944 Postal Savings
    945 Mailing List Services
        945.1 General
        945.2  Name and Address List Correction
        945.3 Occupant Lists
        945.4 Sortation of Mailing Lists on Cards by Five-Digit ZIP Code
        945.5 Furnishing Address Changes to Election Boards and Voter
                  Registration Commissions
    946 Address Sequencing Services
        946.1 General
        946.2 Presentation of Address Cards
        946.3 Sequencing of Address Cards
        946.4 Sequencing of Address Cards With Blank Cards Added for
                  Missing Addresses
        946.5 Sequencing of Address Cards With Cards Added Containing
                  Missing and New Addresses
        946.6 Seasonal Addresses
        946.7 Charges
        946.8 Customer Compliance for Submission of Properly Sequenced
                  Mailings
        946.9 Carrier Route Presort Mailings
950 Alternate Delivery Services
    951 Post Office Box (P.O. Box) Service
        951.1 Purpose and Definition
        951.2 Fees
        951.3 Refund of Box Fee
        951.4 Keys
        951.5 Locks
        951.6 Record of Box Customers
        951.7 Operations
        951.8 Refusal to Provide Service, Termination of Service, and
                  Surrender of Service
    952 Caller Service
        952.1 Purpose and Definitions
        952.2 Fees
        952.3 Mail Pickup
        952.4 Refusal to Provide Service, Termination of Service, and
                  Surrender of Service
    953 General Delivery
        953.1 Description
        953.2 Availability
        953.3 Delivery
        953.4 Retention
    954 Firm Holdouts
        954.1  Description
        954.2  Request
        954.3  Fee
        954.4  Approval
        954.5  Additional Deliveries
        954.6  Cancellation
        954.7  Other Deliveries


