Part 112 113 114 SUBCHAPTERS K-R-INTERNATIONAL MAIL SUBCHAPTER L-POSTAL UNION MAIL Rates and conditions for specific classes. [Amended] 141 142 Air service. [Amended] Registration. [Amended] Insurance. [Amended] Special handling. [Amended] Recall and change of address. [Amended] Certificates of mailing. [Amended] Mail sent via Department of State. [Amended] SUBCHAPTER O-NONPOSTAL EXPORT REGULATIONS Shipper's export declaration. [Amended] Commerce Department regulations (commodities, and technical data). [Amended] 201 Procedures of the Post Office Department. [Amended] Sec. SUBCHAPTERS A-I-POST OFFICE SERVICES, DOMESTIC SUBCHAPTER A-INTRODUCTION PART 4 INFORMATION ON POSTAL MATTERS Annual Report of the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General presents the annual report to the President on the services of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year. The foreword points up results in continuing programs to improve service and reduce costs. The organization of the Post Office Department is shown followed by a brief financial summary. The report then gives details on matters covering operations and services; research and engineering; modern transportation; financial and related services; facilities and equipment; personnel management; public information; the inspection service; legal matters; judicial functions; and plans for better management. The appendix contains numerous statistical tables giving data on financial statements, auditor's opinion, and summary; mail and other services; employees and employment; post offices and collection and delivery services; facilities and related services; inspection service; administrative proceedings; mail transportation service; and history of the potsal service. Commemorative Stamp Posters. 8 x 101⁄2 inch posters provide advance information on commemorative stamps. Contain enlarged illustration of stamp to be issued, date and place of issue, number of copies to be printed, size and color, and complete instructions for stamp collectors who wish to obtain first-day cancellations. Equal Employment Opportunity in the U.S. Post Office Department (April 1963)-. Price $0.70. $1.50 a year. *$0.50. $0.15. Issued every Thursday, with special issues if required. Contains temporary instructions relating to operations of the Postal Service, including philatelic information of interest to stamp collectors; mail handling; transportation; finance; supplies; personnel; inspection; legislation; airmail; money orders: parcel post, etc. Postal installations will retain Postal Bulletins for 6 months only. Permanent instructions will be incorporated into the Postal Manual or some other permanent form of issuance. Postal Manual (looseleaf)— Chapters 1, Post Office Services (Domestic), and 2, International Mail. Chapters 3, Postal Procedures, and 7, Personnel. Chapters 1 through 8. Chapters 1 and 2 contain regulations and procedures for public use. Explain services available and conditions under which they may be obtained, and prescribe rates and fees. Chapters 3 through 8 contain internal operating instructions of the Department including finance, transportation, facilities, and organization and administration. Chapters 3 through 8 are usually needed by postal employees only. Research, Development and Mechanization in the U.S. Post Office Department (Feb. 1963). An interim report to the Postmaster General by the Post Office Department Advisory Board reporting on the preliminary phase of an independent study of the Department's program on research, development, and mechanization and its impact on personnel policies and practices. How To Pack and Wrap Parcels for Mailing (Excerpts from Chapter 1, Postal Manual) (Sept. 1964).. Domestic Postage Rates and Fees (Excerpts from Chapter 1, Postal Manual) (Sept. 1964) Receipts and Classes of Post Offices (July 1963). Lists all post offices alphabetically by States; shows their class, salary level of postmaster, and receipts. See footnotes at end of table. Price $2.25 a year. *$2.50. $4.00. *$1.00. $3.50. 2 $10.00. $0.30. (1) (1) $1.00. Title Postage Stamps of the United States, 18471953 Illustrates all stamps from the first stamps issued in 1847, through the Audubon Commemorative Stamp, issued Dec. 7, 1963. Gives detail on each stamp and miscellaneous historical information. Postal Laws (looseleaf). A compilation of laws affecting the Post Oflice Department and the Postal Service. Contains all of Title 39 of the United States Code, and pertinent parts of Titles 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 26, 28, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49, and 50. Mailing Permits (Excerpts from Chapter 1, Postal Manual) (Sept. 1964) -Mailing Chute Rules, Regulations, and Specifications (excerpts from Chapter 1, Postal Manual) (Dec. 1963). Apartment House Mail Receptacles, Regulations and Instructions (excerpts from Chapter 1, Postal Manual) (Sept. 1962). County List of Post Offices (excerpts from Directory of Post Offices, POD-26, July 1964) Lists States, counties within these States, and their post offices all in alphabetical order. Each post office shows its class, geographical position in the State and other information such as location of county seat court house; offices having city delivery; offices having rural delivery and number of boxes served; star route boxes served; and post office boxes rented at offices not having city delivery. How to Prepare Second- and Third-Class Used to identify post offices and to compute parcel post rates. Explains how ZIP Code works and method of using parcel post zone keys. Lists regional offices; inspection service divisions; number of post offices, by classes, in each State and territory as of May 31, 1964: zoned offices for which individual ZIP Code Directories are available; sectional centers by States; sectional centers alphabetically (by cities); State list of post offices, branch post offices and stations (includes ZIP Code numbers); numerical list of post offices by ZIP code numbers; alphabetical list of post offices, branches, and named stations; post offices by States and counties; post offices discontinued and names changed during the past 2 years; named stations and branches discontinued and names changed during the past year; army posts, camps, and stations and air force bases, fields, and installations. Postal inspector in Atlanta, Ga., 30302_ Chattanooga, Tenn., 37401. Chicago, Ill., 60607---. Cincinnati, Ohio, 45201-Denver, Colo., 80201---Fort Worth, Tex., 76101-Kansas City, Mo., 64142-New York, N.Y., 10001 Philadelphia, Pa., 19101 Saint Louis, Mo., 63199_ Saint Paul, Minn., 55101San Francisco, Calif., 94101. Seattle, Wash., 98111--. Washington, D.C., 20013_ [28 F.R. 10518, Oct. 1, 1963] Bec. of mail for lotteries and schemes to defraud, mailing of obscene and scurrilous matters, extortion, and theft of mail to: If mailer lives in the State of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, city of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. Kansas, County of Jackson, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma. Islands. Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri (except Jackson County), city of Texarkana, Texas. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. California, Canton Island, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, American District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia. Prior Amendments 1962: 27 F.R. 4365, May 8. SUBCHAPTER B-HOW TO WRAP MAIL PART 12-ENVELOPES 12.1 Color. [Revised] 12.3 Size, shape, and ratio. [Revised] 12.4 Window envelopes. [Amended] § 12.1 Color. Use any light color that does not interfere with legible address and post mark. Brilliant colors must not be used. [28 F.R. 1466, Feb. 15, 1963] § 12.3 Size, shape, and ratio. Envelopes of standard sizes and shapes are essential to the economical handling of mail, both by machine and manual methods. The following standards apply to envelopes: (a) Envelopes less than 3 inches in width (height) or 44 inches in length are nonmailable. (b) Envelopes more than 9 inches in width (height) or 12 inches in length are not recommended. (c) Envelopes having shapes other than rectangular are nonmailable. 13.6 Zip code system. [Amended] 13.8 § 13.1 Overseas military mail. [Amended] General information. (a) Write the name and the address clearly and legibly on one side only. See § 15.3 (c) (13) of this chapter for exception on baby poultry. [Paragraph (a) revised, 27 F.R. 2101, Mar. 3, 1962] (b) Mail for delivery through a city delivery post office must include in the address; the street and number, or post office box number, or general delivery, or rural or star route designation (except simplified address mail as prescribed in § 13.4). Mail for patrons on rural route may be addressed to street names and numbers provided this type of address has been approved by the Regional Director. [Paragraph (b) revised, 28 F.R. 1995, Mar. 1, 1963] Prior Amendments 1962: 27 F.R. 2101, Mar. 3. (c) All mail should bear the name and address of the sender. For instructions concerning mail which must bear a return address, see: § 13.2 Arrangement of address. (1) Second-Class mail in envelopes or wrappers-§ 16.2 (f) of this chapter. (2) Forth-Class mail-§ 15.5 (a) (1) of this chapter. (3) Air parcel post-§ 26.6(a) of this chapter. (4) Mail of any class, when its return is desired-§ 43.3 of this chapter. (5) Registered mail-§ 15.7 (a) of this chapter. (6) Insured mail-§ 52.1(b) of this chapter. (7) COD mail-§ 53.2 (c) of this chapter. [Paragraph (c) revised, 29 F.R. 3809, Mar. 27, 1964] Prior Amendments 1962: 27 F.R. 2101, Mar. 3. (d) Include the ZIP code in all addresses and return addresses. See § 13.6. [Paragraph (d) amended, 28 F.R. 12581, Nov. 23, 1963] (h) See § 13.8 for special instructions on addressing overseas military mail; and §§ 111.1(b) and 121.2(d)(1) of this chapter for addressing international mail. [Paragraph (h) amended, 27 F.R. 2101, Mar. 3, 1962] (a) The proper place for the address is in the lower right portion of the address area; the postage (stamps or meter stamps or permit imprints) in the upper right corner; and the return address of the sender in the upper left corner. Frank B. White 2416 Front Street St. Louis, Mo. 63125 Mr. Harry Brown 24789 Alaska Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60652 |