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EXCEPTIONS:

a. Parcels weighing less than 10 pounds, and measuring over 84 inches but not exceeding 100 inches in length and girth combined, are chargeable with a minimum rate equal to that for a 10-pound parcel for the zone to which addressed. See § 135.3 for size and weight restrictions.

b. For catalogs weighing up to 10 pounds, see paragraph (b) of this section.

c. For books and library books, see paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section.

d. For 16-millimeter films, 16-millimeter film catalogs, and related materials, see paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section.

e. Gold mailed within Alaska or from Alaska to other States and U.S. possessions: 2 cents each ounce or fraction, regardless of distance.

NOTE: The corresponding Postal Manual section is 135.11.

(b) Catalogs and similar printed advertising matter in bound form having 24 or more pages at least 22 of which are printed, weighing 16 ounces or more but not exceeding 10 pounds-(1) Rates for bulk mailings of separately addressed identical pieces in quantities of not less than 300 mailed at one time.

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NOTE: The total charges for each bulk mailing shall be the sum of the charges derived by applying the applicable pound rate to the total number of pounds and by applying the applicable piece rate to the total number of pieces.

(1) Postage. Postage must be paid by permit imprints. Each imprint must show name of the post office, permit number, and the words "U.S. Postage Paid" unless the mailer is authorized to use a company permit print as provided in § 144.3 (c) of this chapter. The words "Bulk Catalog Rate" shall be printed within the permit imprint. The position of the imprint may be varied so that automatic data processing equipment may be utilized to

simultaneously print the address, imprint and any other information.

(ii) Mailing statement. The mailer shall submit with each mailing a statement on Form 3605, Statement of Mailing Fourth-Class Catalogs at Bulk Rates, showing:

(a) Weight of a single piece.

(b) Number of pieces addressed for delivery in each zone.

(c) Total number of pieces in the mailing.

(d) Number of pounds for delivery in each zone.

(e) Total per piece charge for each

zone.

(f) Total pound rate postage for each zone.

(g) Sum of the postage at the per piece rate and at the pound rate.

(h) Name and address of the mailer and the permit number.

(ili) Separation required. The mailer shall separate mailing pieces by parcel post zones so that postage may be verified. Mail for each parcel post zone shall be further separated and placed in sacks by cities or States of destination in each instance where there are 10 or more pieces for the same post office or State, or where 5 or more catalogs weight 10 or more pounds. No. 3 mail sacks shall be used except when greater volume requires the use of No. 2 mail sacks. When there is insufficient volume for a direct sack or a State sack, the pieces shall be combined in sacks for mixed States by parcel post zones. Each sack shall be labeled to include parcel post zone separation and destination.

(iv) Separations recommended. In addition to the separations required in subdivision (iii) of this subparagraph, it is recommended that the mailer separate the pieces to the finest extent possible in the manner prescribed by § 134.4 (c) of this chapter.

(v) Maximum weight in a sack. The total weight of pieces placed in one sack must not exceed 80 pounds.

(2) Optional handling of bulk mailings of catalogs weighing in excess of 2 pounds when addressed for delivery in local parcel post zone only. Address labels and unaddressed catalogs weighing in excess of 2 pounds, at the option of

the mailer, may be mailed separately for local delivery at the office of mailing subject to all of the following conditions:

(1) The address labels, which may not measure less than 3 by 44 inches, must show the full name and ZIP coded address of the sender and addressee and must be sorted by the mailer to the fourth and fifth digit of the ZIP Code.

(ii) Postage must be paid by permit imprints or each label, including labels returned as undeliverable. The imprint may be placed on the catalog or on the label. See § 144.1(a) of this chapter. The imprints must be prepared in the manner prescribed in subparagraph (1) (i) of this paragraph.

(iii) The mailer shall submit with each mailing a statement on Form 3605 showing:

(a) The weight of a single piece.

(b) Total number of pieces in the mailing.

(c) Total number of pounds in the mailing.

(d) Total per piece charge.
(e) Total pound rate postage.

(f) Sum of postage at the per piece rate and at the pound rate.

(g) Name and address of mailer and permit number.

(iv) The total weight of pieces placed in sacks, cartons, crates or any other types of containers must not exceed 80 pounds.

(v) The address labels must be sent to the postmaster at the mailing (delivery) office by the mailer.

(vi) Address labels bearing incorrect, nonexistent, or any other undeliverable addresses will be corrected or endorsed to show why they are undeliverable and returned under cover to the mailer. Each envelope shall be rated with postage due at the rate of 10 cents for each address label contained in the envelope. At the request of the mailer, the postmaster will notify the mailer, at mailer's expense and by means specified by mailer, of the number of address labels being returned. The request for notification must accompany the labels. Correctly addressed labels will be held awaiting arrival of the catalogs.

(vii) Catalogs will be deposited at the acceptance point designated by the postmaster. If the number of catalogs deposited is not enough or too many to match the number of address labels, the postmaster will notify the sender, or his designated representative or agent, of the number of catalogs required to complete the delivery or the number in excess. If the additional catalogs are not delivered to the post office within 15 days, the excess address labels will be returned under cover to the mailer. As soon as deliveries are completed, the postmaster will notify the sender or his representative of the number of any excess catalogs on hand. Excess catalogs may be called for by the mailer without charge. Any excess catalogs not called for within 15 days will be returned to sender postage due at the single piece catalog rate.

(3) Single piece rates for individual mailings of catalogs not mailed under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.

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(c) Special fourth-class rate.

Kind of Mail

(Rate restricted to items specifically named)

Books; 16-millimeter or narrower width films and catalogs of such films (rate applies for films and catalogs except when mailed to or from commercial theaters); printed music, printed objective test materials, sound recordings, playscripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals and music; printed educational reference charts permanently processed for preservation; looseleaf pages, and binders therefor, consisting of medical information for distribution to doctors, hospitals, medical schools, and medical students. See § 135.2(a) (4).

(d) Library rate.

Kind of mail (Rate restricted to items specifically named mailed by or to organizations mentioned in 135.2(a) (5)

Books; printed music; found volumes of academic theses; sound recordings; periodicals; other library materials; museum and herbarium materials; 16-millimeter or narrower width films, filmstrips, transparencies, slides, microfilms; scientific or mathematical kits, instruments, or other devices; also, catalogs, guides or scripts for some of these materials. (See § 135.2(a) (5).)

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(39 U.S.C. 4558) [29 FR. 475, Jan. 18, 1964; 29 F.R. 502, Jan. 21, 1964; 29 F.R. 16252, Dec. 4, 1964; 30 F.R. 14928, Dec. 2, 1965; 32 F.R. 383, Jan. 13, 1967; 32 F.R. 20811, Dec. 27, 1967; 33 F.R. 11263, Aug. 8, 1968; 33 F.R. 12282, Aug. 31, 1968. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

§ 135.2 Classification.

(1)
(a) Description.
includes merchandise,

Fourth-class mail printed matter, mailable live animals, and other matter not included in the first-, second-, or third-class.

(2) Zone rates in § 135.1(a) are applicable to all fourth-class mail, except that items described in § 135.1 (b), (c), and (d) may be mailed at the special rates shown in those paragraphs if desired.

(3) Catalogs and similar printed advertising matter in bound form, having 24 or more pages at least 22 of which are printed, weighing 16 ounces or more but not exceeding 10 pounds, may be accepted at the zone rates in § 135.1(b) (1)

(4) Only the following specifically described articles may be mailed at the special fourth-class rate provided by § 135.1(c):

(i) Books, including books issued to supplement other books, of 24 pages or more, at least 22 of which are printed, consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books. Advertising includes paid advertising and publisher's own advertising. Advertising may be in display, classified, or editorial style. The identification statement "Special FourthClass-Rate-Books" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(ii) 16-millimeter films, or narrower width films which must be positive prints in final form for viewing, and catalogs of such films and film catalogs sent to or from commercial theaters. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class Rate-16 mm. or Narrower Film Catalog" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(iii) Printed music whether in bound form or in sheet form. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class RatePrinted Music" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(iv) Printed objective test materials and accessories thereto used by or in behalf of educational institutions for testing ability, aptitude, achievement, interests, and other mental and personal qualities with or without answers, test scores, or identifying information recorded thereon in writing or by mark. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class Rate-Objective Test Materials" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(v) Sound recordings, including in

cidental announcements of recordings and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such recordings. Player piano rolls are classified as sound recordings. Miscellaneous advertisements, including trademarks, of persons or concerns other than the record manufacturer, are not permissible on title labels, protective sleeves, jackets, cartons, and wrappers, and such advertisements may not be mailed as enclosures. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class RatesSound Recordings" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(vi) Playscripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals, and music. The identification statement "Special FourthClass Rate-Manuscript" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(vii) Printed

educational reference

charts, permanently processed for preservation. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class Rate Educational Reference Charts" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

(viii) Looseleaf pages, and binders therefor, consisting of medical information for distribution to doctors, hospitals, medical schools, and medical students. The identification statement "Special Fourth-Class Rate-Medical Information" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package.

NOTE: When two or more articles described in this section are mailed in the package, the appropriate descriptive terms shall be combined in the identification statement placed on the address side. Example: Special Fourth-Class Rate-Books and Sound Recordings.

(5) Only the articles specifically described in this section may be mailed at the fourth-class library rate provided by § 135.1(d). The identification statement "Library Rate" must be placed conspicuously on the address side of each package. Each package must show in the address or return address the name of a school, college, university, public library, or name of a nonprofit religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans, or fraternal organization or association. No permit is required.

(i) The following specific items when lcaned or exchanged between schools, colleges, or universities and public libraries, museums and herbaria, nonprofit

religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans, or fraternal organizations or associations; or when cooperatively processed by libraries; or loaned or exchanged between libraries, organizations, or associations, and their members, readers, or borrowers, may be mailed at the library rate:

(a) Books, consisting wholly of reading matter, scholarly bibliography, or matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising other than incidental announcements of books.

(b) Printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form.

(c) Bound volumes of academic theses in typewritten or duplicated form.

(d) Periodicals, whether bound or unbound.

(e) Sound recordings. (See also subparagraph (5) (ii) (b) of this paragraph.)

(f) Other library materials in printed, duplicated, or photographic form or in the form of unpublished manuscripts.

(g) Museum materials, specimens, collections, teaching aids, printed matter, and interpretative materials intended to inform and to further the educational work and interests of museums and herbaria.

(ii) The following specific items when sent or from schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, museums, and herbaria and to or from nonprofit religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans, or fraternal organizations or associations, may be mailed at the library rate:

(a) 16-millimeter or narrower width films; filmstrips; transparencies; slides; microfilms; all of which must be positive prints in final form for viewing.

(b) Sound recordings.

(c) Museum materials, specimens, collections, teaching aids, printed matter, and interpretative materials intended to inform and to further the educational work and interests of museums and herbaria.

(d) Scientific or mathematical kits, instruments, or other devices.

(e) Catalogs of the materials in paragraphs (b) (ii) (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section having 24 or more pages, at least 22 of which are printed, and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such materials.

(6) Mailers who present 1,000 or more pieces including both identical and nonidentical pieces in any single day for mailing under subparagraph (4) or (5)

of this paragraph must prepare the mailings as follows:

(i) Each piece must include the complete ZIP Code in the address.

(ii) Identical pieces (nonidentical pieces may voluntarily be merged with identical pieces).

(a) When there is sufficient quantity of identical pieces for a three-digit ZIP Code area to fill a sack approximately one-third full the mailer must place the pieces in a sack labeled for the area.

(b) If the identical pieces remaining after the three-digit sort for any State are sufficient to fill a sack approximately one-third full they must be placed in a sack labeled for the State.

(c) All identical pieces remaining after the State sacks have been prepared must be placed in sacks labeled "Mixed States."

(iii) Nonidentical pieces.

(a) All nonidentical pieces must be merged and presorted by State. When there is sufficient quantity for a State to fill a sack approximately one-third full, the pieces must be placed in a sack labeled for the State.

(b) All nonidentical pieces remaining after the State sacks have been prepared, must be placed in sacks labeled "Mixed States."

(iv) The total weight of pieces (identical or nonidentical) placed in one sack must not exceed 80 pounds.

(6) The address on each piece mailed at the rates provided by § 135.1 (c) and (d) must include the complete ZIP Code. When 5,000 or more identical pieces are mailed at these rates during a single day and there are enough pieces for the same destination to fill approximately onethird of a sack, they must be presorted and placed in sacks in accordance with the instructions contained in § 134.4 (c) of this chapter, as follows: Subparagraph (2); and subdivisions (i) (b), (ii) (b), (iii) (b), (iv) (b), and (v) (b) of subparagraph (6). When 1,000 or more but less than 5,000 identical pieces are mailed at these rates during a single day and there are enough pieces for the same destination to fill approximately onethird of a sack, they must be presorted and placed in sacks in accordance with the instructions contained in § 134.4 (c) of this chapter, as follows: Subparagraph (2); and subdivisions (ii) (b), (iii) (b), (iv) (b), and (v) (b) of subparagraph (6).

(b) Application of rates. (1) The rates in § 135.1 (a) and (b) are applied

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on the basis of weight of the individual piece and the zone between the sectional center facilities of the post offices of mailing and delivery. Articles addressed to military post offices overseas (Army, Air Force, Fleet post offices, and Naval vessels) require postage at the zone rate applicable between mailing office and post office shown in the address.

(2) There is a local zone which is defined by the Postmaster General from time to time and eight numbered zones which are determined as follows:

(i) The United States and its territories and possessions are divided into units of area 30 minutes square, identical with a quarter of the area formed by the intersecting parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. Each unit of area is designated by a number.

(ii) The zones are based on a straight line distance between the unit of area in which the dispatching sectional center of the mailing post office is located and the unit of area in which the receiving sectional center facility of the post office of address is located, measured from the center of one unit to the nearest point in the other.

(iii) An official zone chart prepared for each sectional center will be used to determine zones from all postal units within the sectional center area. The chart to be used is identified by the inclusive ZIP Codes assigned to postal units in the sectional center. chart lists the first three digits (prefix) of the ZIP Codes of all sectional center offices and to the right thereof the applicable zone.

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(iv) To determine the zone distance from the office of mailing to the office of address, refer to the zone chart for use at the office of mailing and locate on the chart the first three digits (prefix) of the ZIP Code of the post office of address. To the right thereof appears the zone.

(v) An official Zone Chart may be obtained free by request to the postmaster at the office of mailing. For ZIP Code numbers, consult the national ZIP Code Directory. See § 114.2(b) of this chapter.

(3) The rates in § 135.1 (c) and (d) are computed on the basis of the weight of the piece regardless of the zone to which addressed.

(4) The local rate in § 135.1 (a) and (b) applies to parcels mailed at any post office for local delivery at that

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