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To fit the definition a flat must: 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.
Label 228 is available free of charge at all USPS Post Office locations or delivered by mail when ordered online. [1] Due to the widespread availability of Label 228, and the relatively large areas of blank space within the design, it has been widely used in sticker art and graffiti more commonly known as "slaps". Unlike many other stickers and ...
The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.
The USPS prohibited certain types of images (such as alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, controlled substances, political content, religious content, violent content, or sexual content [69]) from being used on the custom stamps. The rules generated some controversy by uneven enforcement of the rules against the use of purportedly religious and ...
Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address Back of the above envelope, showing an additional receiving post office postmark. An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material.
Larger compartment size accommodates catalogs, magazines and other types of "flat" mail without folding and rolling, thereby minimizing potential damage of the mail. The STD-4C specification also provides for both a front-loading as well as rear-loading mailbox module. Rear-loading 4C mailbox systems must be installed in a secured room.
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.
Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail [2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] All post-1977 United States stamp images are copyright of USPS .