Free Matter For The Blind Usps

Postal service has produced this pamphlet.

Free matter for the blind usps.

Mailing free matter for persons who are blind or visually impaired. Mailing free matter for persons who are blind or visually impaired. The item is sent to or by an organization for the blind. Consumer and industry affairs u s.

Domestic free matter for the blind or handicapped cannot include. The pamphlet answers the questions asked most often about mailing free matter domestically for the blind and other eligible persons with impairments. Matter may be entered free of postage provided that at least one of the following criteria is met. In addition to the free matter for the blind marking international items must also bear a copy of the label below on the address side of the package.

This piece of legislation was the first such postal law benefiting blind persons in the united states. The pamphlet answers the questions asked most often about mailing free matter domestically for the blind and other eligible persons with impairments. Letters prepared by sighted individuals to be sent to a blind or other physically handicapped person or empty shipping. The information in this pamphlet is based on the 39 united states code sections 3403 3405 as implemented by 703 5 0 of the mailing standards.

Free matter must be marked free matter for the blind for international mail in the upper right corner of the address side of the mailpiece. Postal service has produced this pamphlet. Free matter for the blind and other physically handicapped persons mailing on march 2 1899 an act regulating the postage on letters written by the blind was passed by congress.