WASHINGTON,
DC — A new Postal Service rule goes into effect next week for packages and
envelopes that weigh more than 13 ounces, if they’re being mailed with only
stamps as postage at a location other than a Post Office retail service counter.
Starting
Monday, July 30, customers can use one of several convenient online postage applications
— available 24/7 — or an Automated Postal Center, if they wish to mail
items that weigh more than 13 ounces in Postal Service collection boxes or Post
Office lobby mail slots; or if they wish to leave the items for pickup by their
letter carriers. Online postage applications include the Postal Service’s
Click-N-Ship service on usps.com and PC Postage from an authorized USPS vendor.
If
a customer is unable to use one of the above methods to prepare and affix postage,
items weighing more than 13 ounces must be presented for mailing to an employee
at a Post Office retail service counter. Business customers who use postage meters
may continue to use meter postage for packages of any weight and mailing method.
Customers
will notice new decals on USPS collection boxes, and Post Office lobby and Automated
Postal Center mail drop slots. The new red, white and blue decals inform customers
that deposit of stamped mail over 13 ounces is prohibited, and any such mail will
be returned.
Previously, the prohibition applied to mail
over 16 ounces. The change is part of ongoing security measures established by
the Postal Service, in cooperation with other government agencies to keep the
public, customers, employees and the U.S. Mail safe.
An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the
only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes
and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on
the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not
tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers
nearly half the world’s mail.
Please Note: For broadcast quality video
and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at
www.usps.com/news.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Yvonne Yoerger
202-268-8596
yvonne.yoerger@usps.gov
usps.com/news
Release No. 07-058
July 24, 2007
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