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  2. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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    The stamp bears the words "Secures immediate delivery at a special delivery office,". In 1886 the Special Delivery service was expanded to all post offices and a new stamp was designed. The revised stamp was identical to the first issue of 1885 but instead bore the statement "Secures immediate delivery at any post office."

  3. Flats (USPS) - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Service uses the words "flats" and "nonletters" interchangeably to refer to large envelopes, newsletters, and magazines. Size restrictions [ edit ]

  4. Informed Delivery - Wikipedia

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    Some mailpieces (e.g., catalogues, magazines, larger envelopes) are not imaged by USPS automated equipment and do not appear in Informed Delivery notifications. Users can also receive USPS Tracking updates for incoming packages, provide delivery instructions, manage notifications, and schedule redelivery directly from Informed Delivery.

  5. Mail sorting - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, the USPS introduced shape-based pricing which offered more significant postal discounts for mailers who sorted flat-sized mailpieces. In response to this postal change, the market responded with new low-cost systems designed specifically to support flat mail sorting for mailers who process between 500 and 10,000 first class flats per day.

  6. Click-N-Ship - Wikipedia

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    Click-N-Ship is a service offered by the United States Postal Service that allows customers to create pre-paid Priority Mail shipping labels on ordinary printer paper. [1] [a] The labels include delivery confirmation numbers to track date and time of delivery or attempted delivery. [2]

  7. Express mail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Special Delivery, a domestic accelerated local delivery service, was introduced on 3 March 1885 initially with a fee of 10¢ paid by a Special Delivery stamp. It was transformed into Express Mail, introduced in 1977 by Ronald B. Lee after an experimental period that started in 1970, [7] although Special Delivery was not terminated until June 8, 1997.

  8. Package tracking - Wikipedia

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    Package tracking or package logging is the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post at different points of time during sorting, warehousing, and package delivery to verify their provenance and to predict and aid delivery. Package tracking developed historically because it provided customers information about the route of ...

  9. POSTNET - Wikipedia

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    POSTNET (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique) is a barcode symbology used by the United States Postal Service to assist in directing mail. The ZIP Code or ZIP+4 code is encoded in half- and full-height bars. [1] Most often, the delivery point is added, usually being the last two digits of the address or PO box number.