Annual report of the postmaster general: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, April 22, 1981

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Page 8 - ... (3) the requirement that each class of mail or type of mail service bear the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to that class or type plus that portion of all other costs of the Postal Service reasonably assignable to such class or type...
Page 8 - Service reasonably assignable to such class or type. 4. The effect of rate increases upon the general public, business mail users, and enterprises in the private sector of the economy engaged in the delivery of mail matter other than letters.
Page 8 - ... (5) the available alternative means of sending and receiving letters and other mail matter at reasonable costs; (6) the degree of preparation of mail for delivery into the postal system performed by the mailer and its effect upon reducing costs to the Postal Service...
Page 13 - ... may be carried as the bottom line of the address, provided it is immediately beneath the city and state and no characters or digits either precede or follow it. Example: Mr. Harold Jones 1070 High Street Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901 (e) Post Office assistance to mailers.
Page 13 - Code is a fivedigit coding system of mail sorting, distribution, and delivery, which identifies each post office and delivery unit and associates each with the sectional center or major office through which mail is routed for delivery. The first digit identifies the geographical area; the second and third digits, together with the first, identify the major city or sectional center, and the fourth and fifth digits identify the post office or other delivery unit. (b) Purpose. The purpose of ZIP Code...
Page 13 - For large volume mailers where space or other factors make the positioning shown in § 123.6(d)(l) impractical, the ZIP Code may be carried as the bottom line of the address, provided it is immediately beneath the city and state and no characters or digits either precede or follow it. Example: Mr. Harold Jones 1070 High Street Hot Springs National Park.
Page 13 - The ZIP Code should appear on the last line of both the address of destination and return address following the city and State. A space not less than two-tenths inch...
Page 13 - Postal Service are financed from the following sources : (1) Mail and services revenue, (2) reimbursements from Federal and non-Federal sources, (3) proceeds from borrowing, (4) interest from US securities and other investments, and (5) appropriations by the Congress.
Page 13 - A space not less than two-tenths inch and not more than six-tenths inch is to be left between the last letter of the State and first digit of the code.
Page 10 - Inches of clear space, from top to bottom, at the right end of the address side of envelopes, folders, or labels. This space will be used for address, postage, postmark, and other prescribed endorsements such as "airmail

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