US Postal Service Presort Verification Record
The US Postal Service Presort Verification Record is a report about the errors contained in a presorted mailing, a calculation of the costs, and a record of the disposition.  Figure 5- 5 and Figure 5- 6 show the report and Table 5- 2 explains the fields on the report.

Figure 5- 5: USPS Presort Verification Record (Page 1)

Figure 5- 6: USPS Presort Verification Record (Page 2)
Table 5- 2 describes the information contained in the US Postal Service Presort Verification Record.

Table 5- 2: USPS Presort Verification Record
Field	Description	
Permit, Meter, or USPS Publication No.	Identification number 	
Name of Permit Holder	Name of business mailer	
Name of Mailing Presenter	Name of person delivering mail	
Mailing Date	Date the mail was accepted at the BMEU/DMU	
Class	Identification of mail as First-Class, Standard, or Periodicals	
Type	Identification of mail as Letters or Flats	
Sack, Tray, or Pallet Labels	Sack, tray, or label information that was entered into MERLIN by the operator, including:
•	Sack, tray, or pallet number
•	Label as filled out
•	Incorrect label information
•	Actual total weight of tray
•	Weight of the errors	
Package Sortation Errors	Specific details of each package sortation error if packages were included or required during the run.  These errors are detailed in the Sortation Exceptions Report.	
Sack, Tray, or Pallet Sortation Errors	Specific details of each sack, tray, or pallet sortation error.  These errors are also detailed in the Sortation Exceptions Report.	
Errors not included in Total Error Rate	Errors which have not been included in the calculated error rate	
Total Error Weight	Total weight of all errors from presort verification	
Error Factor Calculation	Error Factor = Error weight as a percentage of actual weight	
Postage Error Factor Calculation	Postage Error Factor = Total number of pieces * Error Factor * Single piece rate	
Bulk Rate on Mailing Pieces Error Factor Calculation	Bulk Rate on Mailing Pieces Error Factor = Total number of pieces * Error Factor * Average Per Piece Rate	
Additional Postage Due	Additional Postage Due = Postage Error Factor - Bulk Rate on Mailing Pieces Error Factor	
Disposition	Disposition of additional postage due:
•	Mailer reworked mailing and corrected errors at acceptance unit, OR
•	Mail returned for reworking, OR
•	Additional postage collected, OR
•	Mail accepted – no additional postage collected