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(2) Navy and Marine Corps. Show full name, including first name and middle name or initial, rank or rating, service number, shore based organizational unit with Navy number, or mobile unit designation, or name of ship, and the fleet post office through which the mail is to be routed. Examples:

John M. Doe, QMSN 686 54 70 USN,
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729),
FPO San Francisco 96601.

Maj. John M. Doe, O23492 USMCR,
Staff, Fleet Marine Force Pacific,
FPO San Francisco 96602.

James T. Doe, AQF-2, 329 76 83 USN,
U.S. Naval Air Facility,

FPO New York 09521.

Lt. Leroy A. Doe, O63941, USMC,
U.S. Marine Corps Air Facility,
FPO San Francisco 96672.

(3) Dependents residing with military personnel. Mail addressed to dependents residing in overseas areas will be addressed in care of the sponsor. Example: Miss Mary J. Doe,

c/o Sgt. Howard A. Doe 345-67-8900, Company A, 1st Bn., 16th Inf.,

further by abbreviating the name of the gateway post office, as for example:

APO NY 09403. APO SF 96503. APO

SEA 98749.

(b) Military mail within United States (1) Army and Air Force. Show grade, full name, including first name and middle name or initial, service number (same as Social Security account number), organization, military installation, and the ZIP Code. Example: Pvt. Willard J. Doe, 300-52-6111, Co. B, 1st Bn. 12th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wash, 98433.

A/1c Harold F. Doe, 249-06-5432, 1 Strat Aerosp Div.,

Vandenberg A.F.B., Calif. 93437.

(2) Navy and Marine Corps. Show full name, including first name and middle name or initial, rank or rating, service number, organization, military installation and ZIP code. Examples:

Bill E. Smith, SK3, 331 20 54 USN,
U.S. Naval Supply Depot,

Great Lakes, Illinois 60088

M/SGT Peter V. Perez, 1342165 USMC,
Headquarters Battalion,

Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps,
Henderson Hall,

Arlington, Virginia 22214

(3) Dependents residing with military personnel. (i) Mail addressed to dependents for delivery through the sponsors' military unit should be addressed in care of the sponsor. Example:

Master Robert Brown,

c/o Sgt. Michael Brown, 081-32-6959, Company A, 6th Bn., 10th Inf.,

Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905.

(ii) Mail addressed to dependents for delivery at the sponsor's military quarters need not be addressed in care of the sponsor.

Example:

Master Robert Brown, 2519 C Street, WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio 45433.

(c) Geographical address. Mail showing a foreign city and country in addition to the military address is subject to the rates of postage and conditions for international mail.

[30 F.R. 13215, Oct. 16, 1965, as amended at 31 F.R. 11144, Aug. 23, 1966; 32 F.R. 13659, Sept. 29, 1967; 34 F.R. 14170, Sept. 9, 1969. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

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124.3 Intoxicating liquors.

124.4 Obscene and indecent matter. 124.5 Lotteries, false representations, libelous matter, and solicitations in the bills guise of or statements of account.

124.6 Disloyalty and threats to the President.

124.7 Copyright violations.

124.8 124.9

Certain foreign communications.
Opinions on mailability.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 124 issued under R.S. 161, as amended, sec. 1, 62 Stat. 740, 741, 761-763, 768, 769, 781, 782, 64 Stat. 451; 5 U.S.C. 301, 17 U.S.C. 101, 18 U.S.C. 871, 876, 877, 1262, 1302, 1305, 1341, 1342, 1461, 1463, 1714-1718, 39 U.S.C. 501, 40004007, 4057, 4353.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 124 appear at 26 F.R. 11524, Dec. 6, 1961, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1956.

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(a) Description. Nonmailable matter includes all matter which is by law, regulation, or treaty stipulation prohibited from being sent in the mail or which cannot be forwarded to its destination because of illegible, incorrect, or insufficient address.

(b) Applicability. The harmful or objectionable things identified or described in this part are some of the matter which may not be sent through the mail, as a matter of absolute prohibition. See Part 125 of this chapter for matter mailable only under special rules or conditions. Notwithstanding any statement contained in the regulations of this part, which covers only some of the items prohibited in the mail, the burden rests with the mailer to assure that he has complied with the law. In addition to other nonmailable items mentioned in this part, certain other articles are prohibited in the mail to military post offices overseas. See Part 127 of this chapter.

(c) Penalties for violation. Severe penalties, by fine or imprisonment, or both, are provided for persons who knowingly mail or cause to be mailed. any matter which has been declared nonmailable under law.

(d) Nonconformity with postal regulations. Regardless of its nature, matter may not be mailed in any form if done in violation of postal regulations for such reasons as failure to pay postage, improper size or weight, improper permits, improper addresses, etc.

(e) Responsibility of mailer. When mailers are in doubt as to whether any

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(a) General provisions of law. Any articles, compositions, or materials, which may kill or injure another, or injure the mail or other property, are nonmailable. This includes but is not limited to:

(1) All kinds of poison or matter containing poison.

(2) All poisonous animals, except scorpions (see § 125.3 (e) of this chapter), all poisonous insects, all poisonous reptiles, and all kinds of snakes.

(3) All disease germs or scabs.

(4) All explosives, inflammable material, infernal machines, and mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may ignite or explode.

(b) General examples of harmful matter. Harmful matter includes, among others, that which is likely to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the contents of the mailbags or harm the person of anyone engaged in the Postal Service, such as caustic poisons (acids and alkalies), oxidizing materials, or highly flammable solids; or which are likely under conditions incident to transportation to cause fires through friction, through absorption of moisture, through spontaneous chemical changes or as a result of retained heat from manufacturing or processing; explosives or containers previously used for shipping high explosives having a liquid ingredient (such as dynamite), ammunition; fireworks; highly flammable liquids or substances; radioactive materials; matches; or articles exhaling a bad odor.

(c) Acceptability if properly packed. When authorized by the Postmaster General, various of the articles specified in this part as being nonmailable may be sent through the mail if they conform to special regulations as to preparation and packaging and if they are not outwardly dangerous, or of their own force dangerous or injurious to life, health, or property. See Part 125 of this chapter.

(d) Radioactive matter. (1) Radioactive materials other than those described in § 125.2(d) of this chapter are

nonmailable. Any package of radioactive matter bearing an Interstate Commerce Commission red or blue label as CLASS D POISON or which is marked to indicate that it contains radioactive matter in excess of the quantities listed in § 125.2(d) of this chapter is nonmailable. These labels are illustrated below. (2) If a nonmailable package of radioactive material is discovered intact in the mail, the postmaster shall take the following action immediately:

(i) Place the parcel at least 15 feet from other mail or personnel. Under no circumstances shall the package be dispatched.

(ii) Notify the postal inspector in charge promptly, requesting instructions as to disposition of the package.

(3) If a nonmailable package of radioactive material is found to be broken or leaking, the following action shall be taken:

(i) The area around the damaged package shall be isolated to prevent contact of persons with any loose radioactive material. Any conveyor belt, chute, or other equipment or conveyance, including mail bags, in which the radioactive material has leaked should also be isolated. The isolated area shall be roped off or guarded wherever practicable. A temporary sign indicating

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the presence of radioactive materials with a warning to keep out should be placed at the edge of the roped off area. The postmaster in cooperation with a postal inspector, if one is available, shall immediately request the assistance of qualified persons to check radiation hazards and to supervise salvage and decontamination. This assistance may be obtained from the sender, if he is nearby, or from one of the following:

(a) Local civil defense authorities. (b) Local health, fire or police department.

(c) Nearest office of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. See § 124.2(d) (4). (d) Nearby scientific laboratory. (e) Nearby military installation.

(ii) When assistance from qualified personnel is delayed, those who were in the immediate area of the contaminated package shall wash thoroughly and make a complete change of clothes and remain isolated so as to prevent spread of the contamination until they have been examined by qualified persons. Exposed clothing and shoes should not be removed from the premises. A report of the incident shall be made to the postal inspector in charge.

(iii) When the incident has been appraised by competent radiological specialists, the postmaster should ascertain the need for medical attention to exposed employees. Injury reports are to be treated like other occupational injuries.

(4) Operations offices of the United States Atomic Energy Commission are as follows:

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[30 F.R. 13437, Oct. 22, 1965. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

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(a) Spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any kind containing more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight.

(b) Intoxicating liquors containing not more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight when addressed to a Territory or district of the United States, the laws of which prohibit the manufacture or sale therein of alcoholic beverages of that content.

(c) Beer, lager beer, ale, porter, wine or other liquors, regardless of alcoholic content, when mailed to Indian wards anywhere or into any Indian reservation. § 124.4 Obscene and indecent matter.

(a) Lewd or filthy matter. Obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy publications or writings, or mail containing information concerning where, how, or from whom

such may be obtained, and matter which is otherwise mailable but which has on its wrapper or envelope any indecent, lewd, lascivious, or obscene writing or printing. Any mail containing any filthy, vile, or indecent thing.

(b) Contraceptive and abortive materials. (1) Anything intended to prevent conception or produce abortion.

(2) Anything advertised or described so as to lead another to use it for preventing conception or producing abortion.

(3) Any written or printed matter giving information as to how to obtain any article or to use any means for preventing conception or producing an abortion.

(4) Any other written or printed matter intended to induce, or incite to, the prevention of conception or the production of abortion.

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(a) Lotteries. (1) Any letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part on lot or chance.

(2) Any lottery ticket or part thereof or substitute.

(3) Any form of payment for a lottery ticket or share.

(4) Any newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of a lottery or similar enterprise, or any list of prizes awarded in such an enterprise.

(b) Fishing contest exception. Paragraph (a) does not apply to any fishing contest not conducted for profit wherein prizes are awarded for the species, size, weight, or quality of fish caught by contestants in any bona fide fishing or recreational event.

(c) False representations. Anything mailed in pursuance of any scheme for obtaining money or property of any kind through the mail, by means of false representations.

(d) Fictitious matter. Any matter addressed to a person using any fictitious, false, or assumed name, title, or address in conducting, promoting, or carrying on or assisting therein, through the mail, any business scheme or device in violation of law. The recipient must appear at the post office of receipt and be identified. If the addressee fails to appear and be identified, after notification, or if the fictitious character of such mail is established to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General, it is forwarded to the dead letter office as fictitious matter or otherwise disposed of as the Postmaster General directs.

(e) Libelous matter. Any matter otherwise mailable which has on its outside wrapper or envelope, or any postal card or post card carrying on it:

(1) Any libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or threatening language, whether written or printed, or which by its manner or style of display is obviously intended to reflect injuriously on the character or conduct of another; or

(2) Any language asking for payment of a bill, which by its manner or style of

display is defamatory and reflects injuriously on the character of addressee.

(f) Solicitations in the guise of bills or statements of account. Any matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails which could reasonably be considered a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, but is in fact a solicitation for an order, is nonmailable unless such matter conforms to the following requirements:

(1) Each solicitation subject to 39 United States Code 4001 (c) shall prominently display the following prescribed notice:

THIS IS A SOLICITATION FOR THE ORDER OF GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AND NOT A BILL, INVOICE, OR STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT DUE. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO MAKE ANY PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THIS OFFER UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER.

(2) The prescribed notice shall be printed on the face of the solicitation.

(i) In a size not smaller than the type size used for printing any other word on the solicitation nor under any circumstances shall it be less than 12 point type.

(ii) In no less conspicuous type than the boldest type used to print other words on the solicitation.

(3) The background on which the prescribed notice is printed shall not diminish the contrast between the background and the printing so that it is less than the contrast between the background and the printing of any other words on the face of the solicitation.

(4) There shall be a clear space no less than one-quarter of an inch surrounding the prescribed notice.

(5) The prescribed notice shall be printed in boldface type capital letters.

(6) In the case of a solicitation for the order of goods not involving services the following may be omitted from the prescribed notice: "And/or services". Similarly, in the case of a solicitation for the order of services not involving goods the following may be omitted from the prescribed notice: "Goods and/or".

(7) No solicitation shall state that it has been approved by the Post Office Department or by the Postmaster General or that it conforms to any Federal law or regulations issued thereunder. (39 U.S.C. 4560) [26 F.R. 11524, Dec. 6, 1961, as amended at 33 F.R. 4512, Mar. 14, 1968; 34 F.R. 5329. Mar. 18, 1969. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

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