mailer's address, unless it is a letter or post card which is returned free of postage. The post office will inform the patron of the amount of charges due. (c) Search in country of destination. A request will be sent to the postal administration of the country of destination to return an article or change its address if the mailer furnishes a facsimile of the address and pays the 20-cent fee in stamps, unles he has already paid it. (See §§ 46.3 (a) and (b).) If the request is to be transmitted by telegraph or cable, the application must be accompanied with an amount sufficient to pay the telegraph or cable charges. Otherwise the application must be accompanied with additional stamps in the amount of 80 cents to cover transmission of the request by registered mail, and with airmail postage if it is desired that it be transmitted to the foreign administration by air. The fee and cost of registration is not charged if the request is being made as the result of official notice to the sender in reply to an inquiry (see Part 74) or in the form of "advice of nondelivery" by the postal service of destination, showing that the article or parcel is undeliverable as addressed. If a request for change of address involves forwarding a parcel post package to another country the sender must furnish a written guarantee to pay the forwarding charges in the event they are not paid by the addressee in the new country. If the mailer wishes to have the foreign administration report by airmail, telegraph, or cable on the result of the action taken, he must furnish the additional return airmail postage or an amount sufficient to cover the cost of a prepaid telegraph or cable reply. Any amount remaining after transmitting a telegram or cablegram will be returned to the mailer. Return postage is charged on parcel post packages but not on other articles returned from other countries. See § 46.5(c) regarding a statement to be furnished when the article is addressed to a country which does not generally accept requests for recall or change of address. § 46.4 Mailing receipts. If the mailer possesses a mailing receipt covering any article which is withdrawn or on which the address is changed, he must surrender it or submit it so that a suitable notation may be made thereon. (a) For postal union mail. The legislation of the following countries does not allow senders of postal union articles to withdraw them from the mail or to change their address: Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrein, Barbados, British Honduras, Brunei, Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Gambia, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Leeward Islands, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Muscat, Nauru, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua, Qatar, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa (Rep. of), Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Trucial States, Uganda, Windward Islands (except Dominica), and Zambia. (b) For parcel post. Under the terms of the parcel post agreements in effect with the following countries, parcels cannot be recalled after they have left this service nor can the address be changed, unless the parcels are undeliverable at the original address; Barbados, British Honduras, Brunei, Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malawi, Malaysia, Nauru, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Windward Islands, and Zambia. (c) Applications accepted. Applications involving the countries named in § 46.5 (a) and (b) will be received and acted on, subject to the conditions prescribed in § 46.3(c), if the mailer furnishes a written statement giving his reasons for the request. Compliance with the request is discretionary with the postal administration of the country of destination. application as prescribed in § 46.2, and collect the 20-cent fee indicated in § 46.3 (a) before conducting further search. If the piece is located and is returned to the sender, charge appropriate domestic postage unless it is a letter or post card. If the piece is not located, explain to the applicant the conditions set forth in § 46.3 (b) and (c). (iii) It is recommended that requests be made to the postal administration of the country of destination rather than search being made at U.S. dispatching exchange offices. However, if the applicant desires search made at the exchange office and agrees to the conditions, send a request to the exchange office setting forth the details on the application and the particulars of dispatch to the exchange office, if known. (iv) If the exchange office returns the piece, collect domestic postage for its conveyance to the exchange office and return, unless it is a letter or post card. If the search included the opening of made-up sacks, the exchange office will inform the post office requesting the search as to the cost, which should also be collected on delivery. The exchange office will likewise advise if the search was unsuccessful. (v) Amounts collected on delivery of returned articles and parcels are accounted for by affixing postage due stamps to the mail articles and canceling. (2) After dispatch from the United States. If the sender requests that the postal authorities of the country of destination be asked to intercept the piece, collect as prescribed in § 46.3(c) and transmit with the application and facsimile address to the Classification Division, Office of Rates and Classification, Finance Department, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C. 20260. (3) Sender's mailing receipt. A mailing receipt relating to an article or parcel returned or redirected at the sender's request is to have the action taken noted thereon. (b) Mail of foreign origin. Post offices may comply with a request for correction of address (without changing the addressee) and may forward an article or parcel to the same addressee at another U.S. post office without previous authorization from the Department. Comply with § 32.4(a) in forwarding parcel post packages. If a request is received for redirection of a piece to another country, for return to origin, or for change of addressee, hold the piece and refer the (a) From the United States,1 Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States to any foreign country, to the Canal Zone, and to the Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands. (b) From the United States1 to Puerto Rico and the U.S. possessions.2 (c) From Puerto Rico to the United States,' and to the U.S. possessions.2 must fill out a shipper's export declaration on Department of Commerce Form 7525-V and present it at the post office at the time of mailing. The shipper's export declaration is required only for goods mailed for commercial purposes and not for goods which involve no commercial consideration. However, Commerce Form 7525-V must also be filed for shipments of all articles covered by a validated export license or a distribution license from the Bureau of International Commerce, Department of Commerce, regardless of value or whether the sender or addressee is a business concern. (See Part 52.) The declaration need not be furnished for catalogs, instruction books, and other advertising matter or for magazines, newspapers, and periodicals. It is also not required for shipments of technical data, regardless of value and whether or not they are covered by export licenses, except as stated in § 52.3 (c). Shippers who wish to correct a previously filed export declaration must submit such corrections to the post office on Commerce Form FT-7403. § 51.3 Information to be furnished. (a) The following are the only items on the shipper's export declaration (Commerce Form 7525-V) which are required to be filled in by the sender of a postal shipment: (1) Item 1. Name of post office where shipment is being mailed. (Insert in space on the form reading "From (U.S. port of export) ".) (2) Item 3. Name and address of exporter. (3) Item 4. Name and address of forwarding agent, if any. (4) Item 5. Name and address of ultimate consignee. (5) Item 6. Name and address of intermediate consignee, if any. (6) Item 8. Country of final destination. (7) Item 10. Number of packages being mailed; description of merchandise and export license number and expiration date, or general license symbol. (8) Item 13. Schedule B, commodity num ber. (9) Item 14. Net quantity of merchandise, in Schedule B units. (10) Item 15. Value of merchandise. (b) To comply with the destination control regulations of the Commerce Department, each Form 7525-V, except for shipments addressed to Canada for consumption in that country, must bear one of the following statements: (1) These commodities licensed by the United States for ultimate destination (name § 23.5 Return to United States. (a) Articles will generally be returned to the sender if delivery cannot be made. Ordinary (unregistered) articles of printed matter, other than books, are not returned unless the sender has requested their return as prescribed in § 22.4(e) (5). (b) The reason for nondelivery of returned articles may be indicated in French or Spanish, the most usual expressions being the following: Ausente (Spanish). Fallecido (Spanish). Gone away. Deceased. Unknown. Return to sender. Deceased. Unknown. Unclaimed. Unclaimed. Gone away. Refused. Refused. Return to sender. (a) Customs clearance and delivery fees. (1) Post offices will collect a fee of 20 cents from the addressee of every postal union article, other than a small packet, on which customs duty or internal revenue tax is collected. On every small packet on which duty or revenue tax is collected, the fee is 50 cents for each packet. The fees apply also when post office service is rendered for formal entry articles on which importers pay the customs charges directly to the Customs Service. The fees are retained by the Postal Service, and are accounted for by affixing postage due stamps to the articles or packets and canceling. See § 32.1(a) of this chapter concerning fees on incoming dutiable parcel post, and § 61.5 (e) of this chapter concerning recording and reporting duty collections. (2) These fees are authorized by international postal convention as reimbursement to the Postal Service for the work it performs in clearing mail articles through customs and for delivery to the addressees. (3) The appropriate fee is collected on each article on which duty or tax is paid by the addressee, even if several articles are covered by a single mail entry form. (4) These fees are not refundable by the Postal Service even though the Customs Service may later refund the duty paid by the addressee. (5) Post offices will not collect the fees in the following cases: (i) On dutiable matter from the Canal Zone or from overseas United States military post offices. (ii) On packages assessed with duty which are delivered without collection of duty under § 61.5(d) (6) and (7) (iv) of this chapter. If postage due stamps were pasted on the package and canceled at the time the package was assigned for delivery, the delivery employee shall mark the stamps "Voided" and allow them to remain on the package. See § 61.5(d) (6) of this chapter concerning crediting employee with the value of the unreturned postage-due stamps. (b) Shortpaid mail. Post offices will collect from the addressees of shortpaid letters and post cards the amount indicated in U.S. currency by the receiving exchange office. The Canadian service applies the ratings on articles from that country. The amount is accounted for by affixing and canceling postage due stamps, and is retained by the postal service. If an article bears U.S. postage the delivering office shall allow credit for its value when postage due is collected. Postage due ratings can be verified from paragraph 3 of the introduction to Chart 7 in the appendix, and inquiries may be directed to the Classification Division, Office of Rates and Classification, Finance Department, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC 20260. (c) Invalid foreign postage. Foreign mail bearing invalid postage is accompanied by international Form C 10 issued in the country of origin and is rated as unpaid. The addressee is asked to pay the postage due, to disclose the name and address of the sender, and to surrender the envelope. The post office will send the envelope after delivery, or the entire article if the addressee refuses it, with the Form C 10 to the Classification Division, Office of Rates and Classification, Finance Department, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC 20260, with the name and address of the sender if disclosed by the addressee. (d) Storage. The post office will collect storage charges for each day until delivery is made on (a) any printed matter package or small packet exceeding 1 pound in weight, and (b) any dutiable letter package regardless of weight. The charges and other conditions prescribed in § 32.1(c) of this chapter for incoming parcel post packages apply to the postal union articles mentioned. (e) AO mail containing letters. When a personal communication is found in an AO article, the office discovering it will mark the cover and rate the article for collection of postage due in the same manner as prescribed in § 32.1(d) of this chapter for letters found in parcels. (f) Returned mail. Post offices will collect charges on returned mail as follows: (1) Return postage equal to the amount of postage originally paid on returned surface merchandise packages weighing 8 ounces or less mailed to Canada at 12 cents for 5 ounces or less, 14 cents for 6 ounces, 16 cents for 7 ounces, and 18 cents for 8 ounces. (2) On return second-class publications mailed to Canada by publishers or registered news agents, 5 cents for the first 2 ounces and 1 cent for each additional ounce. (3) From the sender of any article returned through a deadletter branch, 10 cents. (4) From the sender of an undeliverable insufficiently prepaid article, the deficient postage that should have been collected from the addressee. (5) Any other charge indicated by the exchange office. § 24.2 Foreign markings instead of stamps. Some articles of foreign origin do not bear postage stamps but are marked "Postage Paid, Taxe perçue, Port payé, TP" or "PP," with postmark. The marking "On Her Majesty's Service" or "O.H.M.S." is also sometimes used. This mail is treated as prepaid. § 24.3 Forwarding. (a) Within the United States. (1) Articles received by surface may be forwarded by surface and articles received by air may be forwarded by air, without an additional postage charge or fee, unless the envelope or wrapper bears a notation forbidding its being forwarded. (2) Second-class publications from Canada are treated in accordance with §§ 158.2 (b) (1) through (b) (3). A periodical publication from any other country whose delivery requires that it be forwarded to another local address or to another post office shall be forwarded and the addressee shall be requested to notify the publisher of his new address. If the publication is still being received 3 months after change of address occurs, the post office of original address shall dispose of it, and any subsequent copies received, as waste, except that publications bearing request of sender for return shall be endorsed "Moved, not forwardable" and returned to origin. (b) To another country. (1) Articles can be forwarded on condition that the country of destination accepts mail of the classification involved. Articles received by either surface or air, which do not bear instructions forbidding their being forwarded, are forwarded by surface without an additional postage charge or fee. U.S. postage at the airmail rate to the country concerned must be paid on any article that is forwarded by air. Cross out the Par Avion label or endorsement on an airmail article that is forwarded by surface. See § 23.4 (b), (c) and § 31.7(b) of this chapter concerning forwarding of domestic mail, and § 61.5 (i) (2) concerning disposal of customs mail entry forms relating to dutiable articles. (2) The provisions of § 24.3(a) (2) apply in the case of periodical publications addressed to persons who have filed change of address to another country. (c) Backstamping. A legible postmark is applied to the back of letters and to the front of postcards when received missent and to all forwarded articles. § 24.4 Undeliverable. (a) Retention period. Post Offices will hold ordinary and registered articles at disposal of addressees for 30 days, except in the following cases: (1) Articles bearing senders' requests for return within a specified time not exceeding 2 months. (2) Articles bearing no time limit for their return, when there is good reason to believe they can be delivered to the addressee if held for a period not exceeding 2 months. These articles shall be |