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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. The return address should include an address or P.O. box details in the same way as the ...
A dead letter office ( DLO) is a facility within a postal system where undeliverable mail is processed. [ 4] Mail is considered to be undeliverable when the address is invalid so it cannot be delivered to the addressee, and there is no return address so it cannot be returned to the sender. At a DLO, mail is usually opened to try to find an ...
Registered mail. A 1936 registered letter from Canada to Great Britain sent via the RMS Queen Mary. A registered parcel sent from India to the UK with electronic barcode registration. Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an ...
Insert both letters into an envelope, and address it to the child. Add the return address: SANTA, NORTH POLE, to the envelope. Ensure a first-class mail stamp is affixed to the envelope.
A Nixie is a name given by the United States Postal Service to a piece of mail which is undeliverable as addressed. It is derived from "nix", English slang for the German nichts ("nothing"), and "-ie", an item or a thing. ("Nix" used in English c. 1780–1790, "Nixie" c. 1880–1885.) In the 20th century, the term "Nixie clerk" referred to a ...
Postal address verification. Postal address verification (also known as address , address validation, address verification and CASS certification [ 1]) is the process used to check the validity and deliverability of a physical mailing address. According to the United States Postal Service, an address is valid (or mailable) if it is CASS ...
When a letter or a postcard is accepted into the care of a postal service, a black postmark is applied on the postage stamp, known as the "posting postmark" (Chinese: 收寄日戳). When a letter or a postcard is delivered, a red postmark is applied on the back side of the envelope or a blank region of the postcard, known as the "delivery ...
t. e. The posting rule (or mailbox rule in the United States, also known as the " postal rule " or " deposited acceptance rule ") is an exception to the general rule of contract law in common law countries that acceptance of an offer takes place when communicated. Under the posting rule, that acceptance takes effect when a letter is posted ...