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handling in the mail (a breakingpoint of 10 pounds or more will qualify). Labels should be large enough to cover the address on the exposed piece of mail and keep the label from sliding out from under the twine. Packages shall be prepared by the mailer as follows:

(i) Direct package. When there are 10 or more pieces for any one post office (or station or branch if its name forms part of the address), all addresses must be faced one way except the last which must be reversed to expose its address on the outside of the package. Direct packages should not be labeled except when separations of 10 or more pieces are made to delivery zones within a city. Each zone package should be labeled to show the name of the post office and should be marked "All for Zone No. The name of the post office may be omitted from the label of zone packages when the mailer includes all such packages in direct sacks. See subparagraph (6) of this paragraph.

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(ii) State package. After directpackage pieces are removed, if there are 10 or more pieces remaining for any one State, all addresses shall be faced one way and the pieces shall be tied into a package. The top address must be covered with a label bearing the name of the State.

(iii) Mixed packages. If there are less than 10 pieces per State (for instance, 6 for Delaware, 8 for Maryland, 5 for Virginia), all addresses shall be faced one way and the pieces tied into a package. The top address shall be covered with a label bearing the words "Mixed States".

(iv) Simplified address mail. See § 13.4 (c) of this chapter.

(6) Preparation for dispatch—(i) Direct sacks. When there are sufficient direct packages for the same post office to fill a sack at least one-third full the mailer must place them in a sack or sacks which should be labeled in the following manner:

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
CIRCS.

From Jay Mailing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio

(ii) State sacks-(a) Direct packages. After all possible city direct sacks have been made, if there are enough direct packages remaining for post offices within the same State to fill approximately one-third of a sack, they should be placed in a State sack and labeled to

the proper distribution point. (See subparagraph 7 of this paragraph.) State sacks shall be labeled in the following manner:

OGDEN, UTAH TERMINAL
Calif. Direct CIRCS.

From D.C.Mailers, Washington, D.C.

(b) State packages. When State packages of circulars for one State will fill approximately one-third of a sack, they shall be placed in a State sack and labeled to the proper distribution point. (See subparagraph (7) of this paragraph.) The sack shall be labeled in the following form:

OGDEN, UTAH TERMINAL
CALIF. CIRCS.

From D.C.Mailers, Washington, D.C. (iii) Mixed sacks. (a) Mixed State packages of circulars may be included in sacks labeled "Mixed States-Circulars".

(b) Any direct package for which there is insufficient quantity to make city or State direct sacks should be included in sacks labeled "Mixed Directs-Circulars".

(iv) Labels furnished by postmaster. Where standard post office sack labels are furnished by the postmaster, the mailer will mark his name on the back of the label.

(v) Unauthorized labels. Labels, tags, or markings not required or authorized may not be used on mail sacks.

(7) Distribution points. A list of the proper distribution points for papers, mixed circulars, and direct circulars from each postal region is prepared by the distribution and traffic manager of the region. Mailers may obtain copies of this list and any special instructions relating to specific locations from their local postmaster.

(8) Special services. The registry, insurance, special delivery, certified and COD services may not be used for thirdclass matter mailed at bulk rates. § 24.5 Nonprofit organizations.

(a) Types-(1) What may qualify. Only the following types of organizations or associations not organized for profit and none of the net income of which benefits any private stockholder or individual may mail pieces subject to the minimum bulk third-class per piece charge at a reduction of 50 percent. (See § 24.1(b) (1) (ii) and (2) (ii).)

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Form 3624, "Application for 50% Postage Discount on Bulk Third-Class Minimum Charge Per Piece Mailings" must be filed by the organization or association at the post office where mailings will be deposited. The application will be approved or denied by the postmaster.

(c) Appeal. The postmaster's action may be appealed by the applicant in writing through the postmaster to the Bureau of Operations, Classification and Special Services Division. The appeal must be accompanied by the original application and all supporting papers.

(d) Temporary mailings. Until final action is taken on the application, postage paid on the mailings may be at the discount rate, provided the mailer deposits with the postmaster an amount sufficient to cover the additional postage at the higher rates. See § 24.1(b) (1) (i) and (2) (i). This deposit will be returned to the mailer if the application is approved. If the application is denied, the deposit will not be returned. The deposit will be converted into postage-due stamps, and the stamps canceled and given to the mailer if no appeal is made. If appeal is made, action concerning the deposit will be deferred.

(e) Revocation. The approval may be revoked if the authorization was given to an organization or association which was not qualified or which becomes unqualified. The postmaster who approved the application will notify the organiza

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tion of the pending cancellation of the authorization and of the reasons for the cancellation. The organization will be allowed 10 days within which to file a written statement why the authorization should not be canceled. When no answer is filed, the postmaster will cancel the authorization. If an answer is filed, decision will be made by the Bureau of Operations, Classification and Special Services Division, whether the authorization shall be continued in effect. tice of the decision will be given the organization through the postmaster.

§ 24.6 Permissible additions.

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The following are permissible additions on third-class matter and its covers or labels:

(a) Manuscript dedication or inscription not in the nature of personal correspondence.

(b) Marks to call attention to any word or passage in text.

(c) Corrections of typographical errors in:

(1) Circulars or printed matter. Handwritten or typewritten changes or additions in the body of a circular are limited to corrections of actual typographical errors.

(2) Proof sheets. Corrections in proof sheets include corrections of typographical and other errors, alterations of text, insertion of new text, marginal instructions to the printer, and rewrites of part if necessary for correction. Corrections should be on margins or attached to the manuscript. Do not enclose manuscript of another article.

(d) Any printed matter mailable as third class.

(e) Hand-stamped imprints, except when the added matter is in itself personal or converts the original matter to a personal communication. In the latter case, however, the mailing at one time at the post office window or other depository designated by the postmaster of not less than 20 identical, unsealed copies will be sufficient evidence of impersonal character to entitle such matter to the third-class rate.

(f) All additions permitted for fourthclass mail. (See § 25.5 of this chapter.) § 24.7 Enclosures.

(a) Books and catalogs mailed at bulk rates-(1) Permissible. Loose enclo

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sures relating exclusively to the book or catalog they accompany may be enclosed and mailed at the rate in § 24.1(b) (1). Loose enclosures are restricted to:

(i) Single reply envelope or reply post card, or both.

(ii) Single order form.
(iii) Printed circular.

(iv) If no circular is enclosed, a printed price list listing only articles featured in the catalog and showing only the same prices and discounts as the catalog.

(v) An invoice. (See 25.6(a) of this chapter.)

(2) Prohibited. Samples of cloth or other merchandise may not be enclosed, either loose or attached. If circular and other printed matter is attached to a book or catalog, it does not have to conform to the conditions for loose enclosures. "Attached" means pasted along the entire bound edge of, or fastened with at least two stitches or staples securely enough to form an integral part of the book or catalog.

(b) All other third-class matter-(1) Permissible. An invoice. (See § 25.6 (a) of this chapter.)

(2) Prohibited. Circulars and advertisements of other persons or firms that are printed or manufactured elsewhere and turned over to a mailer may not be inserted and mailed with his own mail at bulk rates but are subject to the single piece rate.

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(a) What may be sealed-(1) Permissible. The following mailed at thirdclass rates of postage may be sealed: (i) Parcels.

(ii) Self-mailers more than 5 inches wide or more than 111⁄2 inches long. (iii) Envelopes more than 5 inches wide or more than 111⁄2 inches long.

(iv) Merchandise, books, or catalogs in envelopes 5 x 111⁄2 inches or smaller, provided that they are marked "Merchandise" or "Book" or "Catalog" in a prominent manner on the address side.

(2) Prohibited. Except for items in subparagraph (1) (iv) of this paragraph, envelopes and self-mailers measuring 5 x

111⁄2 inches or smaller, when sealed, are subject to the first-class rate.

(b) Examination. Third-class mail must be prepared so that it can be easily examined. Mailing of sealed articles under paragraph (a) of this section at the third-class rates of postage is deemed to be the consent of the mailer to postal inspection of the contents. To assure that their parcels will not be opened for postal inspection, mailers should in addition to paying the firstclass rate of postage, plainly mark their parcels "First-Class" or with similar endorsement.

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(c) Penny-saver envelopes. lopes having one small spot of gum to hold a loose end flap are accepted as unsealed. The words "Pull Out for Postal Inspection" must be printed on, or adjacent to, the loose flap and must be entirely exposed when the envelope is ready for mailing. The closing outside flap that folds over the loose end flap must not be gummed on the surface touching the loose flap.

NOTE: Effective January 1, 1963, this section will read:

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a. In the first or second zone, where the distance by the shortest regular practicable mail route is 300 miles or more, the rate is the same as for the third zone.

b. 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.

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EXCEPTION: In the first or second zone, where the distance by the shortest regular practicable mail route is 300 miles or more, the rate shall be the same as for the third zone. NOTE: These rates apply to individually addressed catalogs and similar printed advertising matter in bound form, weighing 16 ounces or over, but not exceeding 10 pounds, and consisting of 24 or more pages.

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§ 25.2 Classification.

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(a) Description. Fourth-class mail includes merchandise, printed matter, mailable live animals, and all other matter not included in the first-, second-, or third-class.

(2) Zone rates in § 25.1(a) are applicable to all fourth-class mail, except that the items described in § 25.1 (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 § 25.1(b).

(4) The rates in § 25.1 (c) are for:

(i) Books of 24 pages or more, at least 22 of which are printed, permanently bound for preservation consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for students' notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books. Advertising includes paid advertising and the publisher's own advertising. The advertising may be in display, classified, or editorial style.

(ii) 16-millimeter films, which must be positive prints in final form for viewing, and 16-millimeter film catalogs of 24 pages or more, at least 22 of which are printed, except films and film catalogs sent to commercial theaters.

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