Code which should be used in the address on all mail addressed for delivery at such post offices. (2) Multi-ZIP Coded offices. There are four types of multi-ZIP Coded offices as follows: (i) Post offices with a named delivery station. Example: Deltaville, VA 23043 and Amburg (a rural station of Deltaville), VA 23044. A separate number is assigned to Amburg because preparing packages and sacks of mail to Amburg instead of mixing the Amburg mail with the Deltaville mail may speed delivery. (ii) Post offices with separate ZIP Code for post office boxes. Example: Centralia, IL 62801 (carrier delivery), and Centralia, IL 62802 (post office box delivery). A separate number is assigned to the post office boxes so that mail separated to ZIP Code 62802 can be placed in boxes immediately. (iii) Post offices with two or more delivery units serving smaller cities. Example: Marblehead, MA 01945 covers an area served from the main office; and 01947 covers all deliveries from the Clifton Station. The limited number of delivery routes and box sections permits the distribution of mail in a single handling at the office of address. (iv) Post offices with several delivery units serving large cities. Example: Minneapolis, MN 55401 to 55470 has numerous post office box sections and delivery stations and branches. Mail that is separated to five-digit ZIP Code delivery units of the large cities can be distributed to delivery routes and box sections in a single handling. Mail not separated to the five-digit ZIP Code delivery units requires two handlings. (3) National ZIP Code Directory. The National ZIP Code Directory lists ZIP Codes for all post office addresses. Asterisks identify the ZIP Codes which may be used at the smaller post offices described in subparagraph (c) (2) (i), (ii), and (iii) of this paragraph. (d) Placement of ZIP Code digits. (1) The ZIP Code should appear on the last line of both the address of destination and return address following the city and State. A space not less than two-tenths inch and not more than six-tenths inch is to be left between the last letter of the Mr. Harold Jones Hot Springs National Park, AR (e) Post Office assistance to mailers. Mailers should request their local postmasters for information about the ZIP Code system and for guidance in bringing their mailing practices into compliance with the ZIP Code requirements. Postmasters shall, upon request by mailers, send post office representatives to help mailers make arrangements for ZIP Coding mailing lists and for packaging and sacking bulk mailings by ZIP Code. See §§ 13.5 (e), 16.3(b), and 24.4 (3) of this chapter. [30 F.R. 8476, July 2, 1965; 30 F.R. 8752, July 10, 1965, as amended at 30 F.R. 11752, Sept. 15, 1965] § 13.7 Second-class publications. (a) All publications should be addressed in a legible hand or plain type not smaller than 10 point. (b) When several unwrapped copies for subscribers at the same post office are sent under one wrapper, each copy should bear the name and address of the subscriber. (c) The name of the post office and State should be the most prominent part of the address. (d) Write or print addresses with black ink or ink of some other strongly contrasting color. Addresses should not be written in pencil. (e) Use white or other light-colored paper for address strips. (f) When the address is placed on the wrapper, it should appear on the flat side and never on the fold. Addresses, including address strips, must be placed in a visible position either on the wrapper or directly on the copies. (g) Individually addressed, unfolded periodicals mailed in bundles without separate wrappers should have the addresses placed upside down in the lower right corner of the front cover page. An alternate position on the periodicals is lengthwise along the bound edge, near the top of the publication. (h) Individually addressed, unwrapped, folded newspapers and periodicals mailed in bundles to a post office should have the addresses in the upper left corner of the publication when grasped with the right hand along the folded edge. [26 F.R. 11522, Dec. 6, 1961] § 13.8 Military mail. (a) Overseas military mail―(1) Army and Air Force. Show grade, full name, including first name and middle name or initial, service number, organization, APO number and the post office through which the mail is to be routed. Examples: Pvt. Willard J. Doe, RA 32000000, 167th Infantry Regt., APO New York 09801 A/1c Harold F. Doe, AF 15000000, 2d Bomb Squadron, APO New York 09125 (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: (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, organization, military installation and the ZIP code. Examples: Pvt. Willard J. Doe, RA 32000000, (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, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088 Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, Arlington, Virginia 22214 (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] Lotteries, frauds, and libelous matter. 14.6 Disloyalty and threats to the President. 14.7 Copyright violations. (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 15 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 17 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 matter is properly mailable, they should ask the postmaster. Even though the Post Office Department has not expressly declared any matter to be nonmailable, the mailer of such matter may be held fully liable for violation of law if he does actually send nonmailable matter through the mail. (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 § 15.3 (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 15 of this chapter. (d) Radioactive matter. (1) Radioactive materials other than those described in § 15.2(d) of this chapter are nonmailable. Any package of radio 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 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. Atomic (c) Nearest office of U.S. Energy Commission. See § 14.2(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: [30 F.R. 13437, Oct. 22, 1965] (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. § 14.4 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 |