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NEW 13-OUNCE MAIL RULE

A new Postal Service rule now is in effect for packages and envelopes that weigh more than 13 ounces, if they’re being mailed with only stamps as postage at a location other than a Post Office retail service counter.

Customers can use a convenient online postage application or an Automated Postal Center if they wish to mail items that weigh more than 13 ounces in Postal Service collection boxes or Post Office lobby mail slots, or if they wish to leave the items for pickup by their letter carriers. Online postage applications include the Postal Service’s Click-NShip service on usps.com and PC Postage from an authorized USPS vendor.

If a customer is unable to use one of the above methods to prepare and affix postage, items weighing more than 13 ounces must be presented for mailing to an employee at a Post Office retail service counter. Business customers who use postage meters can continue to use meter postage for packages of any weight and mailing method.

New decals on USPS collection boxes inform customers that deposit of stamped mail over 13 ounces is prohibited, and any such mail will be returned.

Previously, the prohibition applied to mail over 16 ounces. The change is part of ongoing security measures established by the Postal Service, in cooperation with other government agencies, to keep the public, customers, employees and the mail safe.

NOTE TO OUR READERS: NEXT-GENERATION BARCODE TECHNOLOGY

We’re using it, how about you? The Intelligent Mail barcode. It’s helping us make our mailings of MailPro more efficient and providing us with feedback on address changes.

The Intelligent Mail barcode now is available for flat-size mail. Mailers have been using it on letter mail since September 2006. The May/June issue of MailPro includes the article, “How to Use the Intelligent Mail Barcode.”

INTELLIGENT MAIL

Are you looking to track up to a billion pieces of mail at once? Do you want to select a suite of services with only one barcode? Would getting real-time feedback on the quality of your mailings help your return on investment? If your answers are “yes” to any of these questions, then you, too, need to start using the Intelligent Mail barcode.

How do you get started? Want more information? Go to http://ribbs.usps.gov/onecodesolution for details.