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Front Cover 2 Postal Bulletin 22415 (5-14-15) Front Cover 2 postal bulletin 22415 (5-14-15) Contents COVER STORY PULL-OUT INFORMATION Delivery Fraud Mailbox Improvement Week, May 17–23, 2015 . 3 Withholding of Mail Orders . 47 Invalid USPS Corporate Account Numbers. 47 POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND FORMS UPDATES Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms . 50 Manuals Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order DMM Revision: New Mailing Standards for Forms . 56 Domestic Mailing Services Products . 20 Verifying U.S. Postal Service Money Orders . 59 DMM Revision: Provision for New First-Class Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms . 59 Package Service Commercial Plus Customers. 90 Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian DMM Revision: Clarification of Census Bureau Money Orders . 59 Filing Regulations for U.S. Territories . 91 Other Information DMM Clarification: Minimum Mailability Dimensions . 92 Overseas Military/Diplomatic Mail . 60 ELM Revision: Safety, Health, and Environment . 93 Freely Associated States (FAS) Restrictions . 65 Publications Publication 431 Revision: Changes to Post Office Box Service and Caller Service Fee Groups. 94 Postal Bulletin Index Forms Notice: Updated Extra Service Forms Availability . 95 Annual Index. PB 22407 (1-22-15) ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Domestic Mail USPS National Emergency Hotline Labeling List Changes . 97 Is your facility operating? Call 888-363-7462 Mailing and Shipping Services Mail Alert . 105 Stamp Services Pictorial Postmarks Announcement . 105 How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color or Traditional Postmarks . 109 Also on the Web at about.usps.com/postal-bulletin Cover Story postal bulletin 22415 (5-14-15) 3 Cover Story Delivery Mailbox Improvement Week, May 17–23, 2015 Each year, the Postal Service™ designates the third full The National Stock Number (NSN) to search under is week of May as Mailbox Improvement Week to encourage 7610-03-000-9145 and the Postal Service Item Number customers on city motorized, rural, or contract delivery ser- (PSIN) is NOT209. If you already have a 10-digit access code vice routes (formerly highway contract box delivery routes) for Touch Tone Order Entry, please dial 800-273-1509 to to examine and, where necessary, improve the appearance place your order. If you do not already have an access code, of their mailboxes. Neat, attractive mailboxes make a sig- dial 800-332-0317 to register for Touch Tone Order Entry. nificant contribution to the appearance of the countryside and streets in suburban areas. Mailbox Improvement Ordering Information Week, May 17–23, calls attention to the need for providing Use the following information to order Notice 209: mailboxes that are: PSIN: NOT209 1. Approved by the Postmaster General. PSN: 7610-03-000-9145 2. Fully operational. Unit of Issue: EA Quick Pick Number: 496 3. Designed to protect the mail from weather. Bulk Pack Quantity: 3,000 4. Safe to use. Minimum Order Quantity: 50 5. Conveniently located. Price: $0.0260 6. Neat in appearance. City Motorized, Rural, and Contract Delivery Additional information is available on the Delivery Service Routes and Post Office Operations website at http:// Customers must use only approved traditional, contem- blue.usps.gov/delret/L4CityDelvry_GROWTH.htm. porary, or locked full/limited service curbside mailboxes for Mailboxes that meet these six important requirements new installations or replacements. When new delivery is help delivery and collection operations and improve service established or extended, Postmasters must ensure that to the entire route. There are three approved styles of curb- customers use delivery equipment that is approved by the side mailboxes: Postmaster General. However, a customer may use a cus- 1. Traditional design (see Exhibit A, page 4). tom-built curbside mailbox if the local Postmaster gives 2. Contemporary design (see Exhibit B, page 4). prior approval and the mailbox conforms generally to the same requirements as approved manufactured curbside 3. Locked, full, or limited service. mailboxes relative to the flag, size, strength, and quality of USPS-STD-7B governs the design and specifications of construction. curbside mailboxes and includes provisions for improved Note: Postmasters do not have the authority to approve quality of the product. mailbox systems such as USPS-STD-4C wall-mounted Notice 209 units or cluster box units (CBUs) that are not approved by the Postmaster General through the normal USPS® Postmasters should send Notice 209, Mailbox Improve- approval process. ment Week, to all rural and highway contract box delivery route customers the week before Mailbox Improvement Carriers on motorized city routes may continue to serve Week to alert them of the event. mailboxes that are designed primarily for use by customers receiving door delivery and that have been erected and Notice 209 for Mailbox Improvement Week may be served under previous regulations (see Exhibit C, page 4). ordered through the U.S. Postal Service eBuy2 Ordering However, carriers should advise customers that they may System under the MDC eBuy2 catalog or the Touch Tone use only approved curbside mailboxes when replacing Order Entry (TTOE) system. these types of mailboxes. A list of approved manufacturers of traditional curbside mailboxes appears on pages 8–11. 4 postal bulletin 22415 (5-14-15) Cover Story hExhibit A through C For motorized city routes, and where the use of street names and house numbers is authorized on rural and con- tract delivery service routes, the mailbox must display the number on the side of single mailboxes or on the door of grouped mailboxes. If the mailbox is on a street other than the one on which the customer resides, the street name and house number must be on the mailbox. When rural and contract delivery service route customers have assigned box numbers, the numbers must appear on the side of sin- gle mailboxes or on the doors of grouped mailboxes, visi- ble to the approaching carrier. The street number, box number, and any other address information must be inscribed in contrasting color in neat letters and numerals not less than 1 inch in height. In all instances, placing the owner’s name on the box is optional, but not recom- mended by the Postal Service. Motorized city, rural, and contract delivery service route customers should be encouraged, but not required, to group mailboxes whenever practical, especially where many mail- boxes are located at or near crossroads, service turnouts, or similar locations. Customers should also paint mailboxes and supports/posts and keep them rust-free. Advertising on mailboxes and mailbox supports is prohibited. In areas where snow removal is a problem, the Postal Service suggests using a semi-arch or extended arm-type support (see Exhibit D, below), which allows snowplows to sweep near or under mailboxes without damaging sup- ports and provides easy access to the mailboxes by carri- ers and customers. Generally, mailboxes should be installed at a height of 41–45 inches from the road surface to the bottom of the mailbox or point of mail entry. Mailboxes should be set back 6–8 inches from the front face of the curb or road edge to the mailbox door. However, because of varying road and curb conditions and other factors, the Postal Service recom- mends that customers contact their local Post Office™ before erecting or replacing mailboxes and supports. Exhibit D Cover Story postal bulletin 22415 (5-14-15) 5 Location Mailbox Supports Customers must place mailboxes on motorized city, The Postal Service does not regulate mailbox supports rural, and contract delivery service routes so a carrier can in any way except for purposes of carrier safety and deliv- safely and conveniently serve them without leaving his or ery efficiency. Posts and other supports for curbside mail- her vehicle. The mailboxes must be on the right-hand side boxes are owned and controlled by customers, who are of the road in the carrier’s travel direction in all cases where responsible for ensuring that posts are neat and adequate traffic conditions make it dangerous for the carrier to drive in strength and size. Heavy metal posts, concrete posts, to the left to reach the mailboxes, or where doing so would and miscellaneous items of farm equipment, such as milk constitute a violation of traffic laws and regulations. Postal cans filled with concrete, are examples of potentially dan- Operations Manual (POM) 632.6 specifies postal regula- gerous supports. The ideal support is an assembly that tions regarding locations for apartment houses and other bends or falls away when struck by a vehicle. Post or sup- multiple unit dwellings. On new rural and contract delivery port designs may not represent effigies or caricatures that service routes, all mailboxes must be on the right-hand disparage or ridicule any person. Customers may attach side of the road in the direction of the route line of travel. the box to a fixed or movable arm. POM 632.5 specifies Mailbox placement must conform with state laws and high- postal regulations regarding construction and placement of way regulations. City motorized, rural, and contract deliv- mailboxes and supports on motorized city, rural, and con- ery service route carriers are subject to the same traffic tract delivery service routes. laws and regulations as other motorists. Customers must The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has deter- remove obstructions, including vehicles, trash cans, and mined that wooden mailbox supports no larger than 4 snow, that impede safe and efficient delivery. Except when inches by 4 inches, or a 2-inch diameter standard steel or a mailbox is temporarily blocked, carriers must have aluminum pipe, buried no more than 24 inches, should access to the mailbox without leaving the vehicle unless safely break away if struck by a vehicle. According to authorized to dismount. FHWA, the mailbox must also be securely attached to its Location of centralized delivery equipment is discussed post to prevent separation if struck.
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