INDEX A Absentee balloting materials, free mailing of, by members of armed forces or by certain civilians outside United States, 39 § 27.6 Advertising matter, mailing of: Bulk mailings, 39 § 16.1 (e) Fourth-class mail, 39 Part 25 Second-class matter, 39 Part 22 Third-class mail, 39 Part 24 Agricultural colleges and experiment stations, bulletins and reports of; free matter in mails, 39 § 27.2 Agricultural commodities, mailing of: See also Plants and plant products. Fourth class mail, 39 §§ 25.3, 25.5 Perishable fruits and vegetables, 39 §§ 15.3 (b), 113.1 (f) Classification, rates, etc., 39 Part 26 Matter acceptable, 39 § 15.7 Philately, 39 Part 35 Transportation of mail by air carriers, 39 Part 96 Animals and animal products, mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.3, 15.4, 25.2, 113.1 (e), 132.1 (e) Apartment house mail regulations, 39 Part 97 Armed forces of United States, members of; free mailing privileges, 39 §§ 21.5, 27.6, 27.7 Arms, ammunition, etc., mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (e) (2), 15.5, 113.1 (d), 132.1 (c) Exportation by mail, 39 Part 173 B Baby chicks, ducks, turkeys, etc.; sending of, through mails, 39 §§ 15.3 (c), 25.3, 25.5, 48.2 (h) Bankrupt funds, deposit of, in postal savings depositories, 39 § 63.2 (a) (2) Bees, mailing of, 39 §§ 15.4 (e), 113.1 (e), 132.1 (e) Birds: Game birds, dead; sending through mails, 39 § 15.3 (a) Hunting stamps, for taking migratory birds; sale of, 39 § 62.2 Blind persons, mail for: Classification, rates, etc., 39 Part 28 International mail, 39 § 104.7 Third- and fourth-class matter, 39 §§ 24.2 (a) (2), 25.3, 25.5 Bonds, United States savings; sale of, through post offices, 39 Part 62 Books, mailing of: Bulk mailing, 39 § 16.2 Fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Boxes, post office; rent, etc., 39 § 41.3 Butter, mailing of (perishable matter), 39 § 15.3 C C. o. d. mail service, 39 Part 53 Armed forces members, c. o. d. mail sent by, 39 § 21.5 International mail service not available at present time, 39 § 123.1 Cancellations, special, for certain non-profit advertising purposes, of general public interest, 39 Part 36 Catalogs, mailing of; third- and fourth-class matter, 39 Parts 24, 25 Census Office; certain mail to, free matter in mails, 39 § 27.4 Certificates of mailing, and certified mail; postal regulations, 39 Parts 55, 58 Certificates, postal savings; issuance, etc., 39 § 63.3 Circulars, mailing of; third-class matter, 39 Part 24 Claims: For airmail transportation, payment, 39 § 96.5 For loss or damage to insured or registered mail, 39 Parts 54, 151, 152 For personal injuries or property damage arising out of operation of postal service, 39 §§ 202.50-202.57 Coins, mailing of: Alaska, gold coin; rates, 39 § 25.2 (b) (5) To foreign countries, 39 § 132.1 (f) Combustible materials. See Explosives, etc. Commercial papers, and invoices; international mail, 39 Parts 103, 176 Confidential information, postal matters, 39 § 4.3 Confidential treatment of United States mail, 39 § 3.1 Congressional correspondence, etc., franked; free matter in mails, 39 § 27.1 Congressional Record, mailing of, 39 §§ 24.1, 24.2 (a) (4), 27.1 Containers, for compressed gas; mailing of, 39 § 15.2 (c) (3) Contraceptive and abortive materials, mailing of, 39 § 14.3 Controlled circulations publications, mailing of: Bulk mailings, 39 § 16.1 (g) Rates, etc., 39 Part 23 Undeliverable; disposal of, 39 § 48.2 (c) Copyright material, mailing of: Free matter, 39 § 27.2 (a) (6) Publications violating copyrights, nonmailable, 39 § 14.8 Exportations, 39 Parts 114, 133 D Dairy products, mailing of (perishable mail), 39 § 15.3 Damage to property or mail, or injury to persons: Claims for: Arising out of operation of postal service, 39 §§ 202.50-202.57 Mailing of articles liable to cause damage or injury, prohibited or restricted, 39 Parts 14, 15 Dangerous matter in mails; prohibitions or restrictions, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 See also Explosives; and Firearms. Dead mail (undeliverable mail); disposal of, 39 § 48.8 Deceased persons, mail addressed to; delivery to executors, etc., 39 § 44.2 (d) Diplomatic and consular mail; free matter in mails, 39 § 27.3 Directory of international mail, purchase of, 39 §§ 113.3, 132.3 Directory service, by post offices, 39 § 48.7 Disease germs, etc., mailing of, 39 § 14.2 (a) (3) Disinfectants and germicides, poisons. See Poisons. Disloyal, subversive, or treasonable matter, mailing of, prohibited, 39 § 14.7 Eggs: E Exportation of dried whole eggs, 39 § 175.1 Mailing of perishable matter, 39 §§ 15.3, 112.1 (b) (5)–(8) Electric railways, urban and interurban, transportation of mails by, 39 Part 93 Envelopes (franked, stamped, window, etc.); postal regulations, 39 Parts 12, 27, 31 International mail; window envelopes, 39 § 132.2 (e) Explosives, etc.; mailing of explosives, inflammable, combustible or oxidizing substances, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (c), 113.1 (h), 113.1 (i), 113.2 (a), 132.1 (c) Commodities and technical data licensed for export by Commerce Department, 39 Part 172 Consular and commercial invoices, 39 Part 176 Customs declaration, 39 §§ 114.1, 133.1 Diamonds, 39 § 172.5 Dispatch note, 39 § 114.2 Eggs, dried whole, 39 § 175.1 Gold and gold certificates, 39 Part 174 Shippers' export declarations, 39 Part 171 Technical data, 39 Parts 172, 173 Tobacco seed and plants, 39 § 175.2 F Fictitious or fraudulent matter, mailing of, prohibited, 39 § 14.5 (c), (d) Films, 16 mm, etc., mailing of; fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Fire protection; mailing of flammable, etc., materials, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2, 113.1 (h), 132.1 (c) Firearms and ammunition, mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (e) (2), 15.5, 113.1 (d), 132.1 (c) Exportation by mail, 39 Part 173 Fish, mailing of (perishable matter), 39 § 15.3 Foods; mailing of perishable foods, 39 §§ 15.3, 48.2 (i) Foreign countries, mail to: Coins, money, valuables, 39 §§ 113.2 (c), 132.1 (f) Communications in violation of law or treaties, prohibited, 39 § 14.9 Countries to which mail may be sent, 39 § 100.2 Prohibitions and restrictions of individual countries, 39 §§ 113.3, 132.3 International postal service. See Post Office Department. Forwarding mail, 39 Part 47 Franked, penalty, and free mail; postal regulations, 39 Part 27 Fraudulent or fictitious matter, mailing of, prohibited, 39 § 14.5 (c), (d) Fruits and berries, perishable, mailing of, 39 §§ 15.3 (b), 113.1 (f) Furs, mailing of, 39 § 15.4 (d) G Game, perishable, mailing of, 39 § 15.3 (a), (b), 15.4 General-delivery mail service, 39 § 41.4 Gold; mailing of gold coin, bullion, etc.: Alaska; rates, 39 § 25.2 (b) (5) Exportations by mail, 39 Part 174 Government agencies; franked, penalty, or free mail: Census mail, 39 § 27.4 (a) Diplomatic and consular mail, 39 § 27.3 Franked mail, 39 § 27.1 Naturalization mail, 39 § 27.4 (b) Penalty mail, 39 § 27.2 H Harmful articles, liable to damage mail or property, or injure person; mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2, 132.1 (c) Hides, skins; mailing of, 39 § 15.4 (d) Hours of business in post offices, 39 § 41.2 Huntings stamps, for taking migratory waterfowl, 39 § 62.2 Husband and wife, mail for; delivery, 39 § 44.3 Immigration and Naturalization Service; mail to, relating to naturalization, free matter in mails, 39 § 27.4 Immoral or indecent articles or matter, mailing of, prohibitions respecting, 39 § 14.3 Imports, by mail: Customs treatment, 39 Part 161 Parcel post, 39 Part 115 Plants and plant products, 39 Part 162 Indecent matter, mailing of, prohibitions respecting, 39 § 14.3 Indemnity for losses of insured or registered mail, 39 Parts 54, 151, 152 Indians; mailing of beer and wine to, 39 § 14.6 (c) Inflammable materials. See Explosives, etc. Injuries. See Damage to property or mail, or injury to persons. Insecticides, poisons. See Poisons. Insects, mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.4 (e), 113.1 (e), 132.1 (e) Instruments, sharp, mailing of, 39 § 15.2 (e) Insurance of mail; postal regulations, 39 Parts 52, 122 Interest on postal savings, 39 § 63.5 Internal revenue stamps, documentary; sale of, in post offices, 39 § 62.1 International mail; postal regulations. See Post Office Department. Invoices, consular and commercial, for international parcel post packages, 39 Part 176 J Jewels and jewelry; international mailing of, 39 §§ 113.2 (c), 132.1 (f), 132.2 (e) Keys: K Hotel or steamship room keys, mailing of; third-class matter, 39 §§ 24.1, 24.2 (a) (3) Post office box keys, 39 § 41.3 (f) Knives, mailing of, 39 § 15.2 (e) L Letters (first-class postal matter), mailing of, 39 Parts 21, 101 Libelous material; unmailable matter, 39 § 14.4 Liquids, inflammable and noninflammable, mailing of, 39 §§ 15.2 (b), (c), 113.1 (h), 113.2 Liquors, mailing of, 39 § 14.6 Live creatures (poultry, animals, insects), mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.3, 15.4, 25.2, 25.3, 25.5, 113.1 (e), 132.1 (e) Losses or damage to mails, payment for, 39 Parts 54, 151, 152 M Magazines, mailing of (second-class matter), 39 Part 22 Mail chutes, in public buildings, office buildings, etc., 39 § 43.4 Mail matter, mail service, etc., postal regulations respecting. See Post Office Department. Mail-messenger service; postal regulations respecting, 39 Part 94 Mailing list service; postal regulations respecting, 39 § 13.5 Maps, postal, for rural routes, 39 § 46.6 Marking or labeling of products for mailing; postal regulations, 39 §§ 11.5, 15.6, 105.8, 114.1 Matches, mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (c) (2), 15.7, 113.1 (a), 132.1 (d) Meats and meat products, mailing of, 39 § 15.4 (b) Medicines and serums, mailing of; deposit with transportation clerk, 39 § 43.3 Merchandise, mailing of, in domestic and international mail. See Post Office Department. Messenger service, postal regulations respecting: Mail-messenger service, 39 Part 94 Special messengers, 39 § 42.3 (e) Money and valuables; mailing of, to foreign countries, 39 §§ 113.2 (c), 132.1 (f) International money orders; list of countries where service is available, 39 § 61.2 N Narcotics; mailing to other countries prohibited, 39 § 132.1 (c) Naturalization, mail relating to, free matter in mails, 39 § 27.4 (b) Newspapers, mailing of (second-class matter), 39 Part 22 Nonmailable matter (harmful, illegal, perishable, etc.); prohibitions or restrictions on mailing, 39 Parts 14, 15 Nonprofit organizations, mailings of; third-class and fourth-class matter, 39 §§ 24.4, 24.5, 25.9 Nursery stock, mailing of, 39 §§ 15.4 (a), 24.1, 24.2, 24.4, 24.8, 25.3, 25.5, 53.3 (e), 132.2 (d) Imports by mail, 39 Part 162 Obscene or indecent matter, mailing of, 39 § 14.3 Ocean mail, handling, transportation, etc., 39 Part 95 Odorous materials, mailing of, 39 §§ 14.2, 113.1 (f) Oxidizing materials, international mailing of, 39 § 113.1 (i) P Packages, mailing of, in domestic and international mail. See Post Office Department. Panama Canal Zone: Customs declaration tag for, 39 § 15.6 (d) Rail transportation of mail across Isthmus of Panama, 39 § 92.5 Parcel post; domestic and international mail service. See Post Office Department. Penalty envelopes, use by Government agencies, 39 § 27.2 Pension letters, delivery of, 39 § 44.1 (d) Periodical publications, mailing of (second-class matter), 39 Part 22 Perishable matter, mailing of; certain prohibitions or restrictions, 39 Part 15, 113.1 (f) Permit imprints; postal regulations, 39 Part 34 Philately; postal regulations, 39 Part 35 Pistols. See Firearms and ammunition. Plants and plant products, mailing of: Domestic mail, 39 §§ 15.4 (a), 24.1, 25.3, 25.5, 53.3 (e) Quarantine restrictions, 39 § 113.2 (f) Imports, 39 Part 162 |