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Write the return address in the top left corner. Write the recipient's address slightly centered on the bottom half of the envelope. Place the stamp in the top right corner.
Learn how to properly address an envelope, including the proper placement of the address, return address, and stamp.
Have one dimension that is greater than 6-1/8 inches high OR 11-½ inches long (the side parallel to the address as read) OR ¼ inch thick. Be no more than 12 inches high x 15 inches long x ¾ inch thick. Weigh no more than 13 ounces. Furthermore, the item must be somewhat bendable: see the USPS Domestic Mail Manual for exact details.
The No. 10 envelope is the standard business envelope size in the United States. [6] PWG 5101.1 [7] also lists the following even inch sizes for envelopes: 6 × 9, 7 × 9, 9 × 11, 9 × 12, 10 × 13, 10 × 14 and 10 × 15. Envelopes accepted by the U.S. Postal Service for mailing at the price of a letter must be: Rectangular
The Facing Identification Mark, or FIM, is a bar code designed by the United States Postal Service to assist in the automated processing of mail. The FIM is a set of vertical bars printed on the envelope or postcard near the upper edge, just to the left of the postage area (the area where the postage stamp or its equivalent is placed). The FIM ...
Envelope with return address in top left corner. In postal mail, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed.
A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), [1] [2] stamped self-addressed envelope (SSAE), [3] or stamped addressed envelope (SAE) [4] is an envelope with the sender's name and address on it, plus affixed paid postage, that is mailed to a company or private individual.
The address details on the postal items will be scanned by the sorting machine and this image will be sent to a computer that is connected to the network. Professionally trained data specialists receive the image, enter the correct address details and send them back, so that the sorting machine can sort the mail properly. [2]