Post Office Department-Continued Domestic post office services-Continued Complaints, 39 Part 5 Confidential information, postal matters, 39 § 4.3 Congressional mail, franked, 39 § 27.1 Congressional Record, mailing of, 39 § 27.1 Transient copies; third-class matter, 39 §§ 24.1, 24.2 (a) (4) Controlled circulation publications: Bulk mailings, 39 § 16.1 (g) Rates, etc., 39 Part 23 Undeliverable; disposition, 39 § 48.2 (c) Dead mail, 39 § 48.8 Deceased persons, mail addressed to; delivery to executors, heirs, etc., 39 § 44.2 (d) Delivery. See Collection and delivery. Diplomatic and consular mail, free matter, 39 § 27.3 Directory service, 39 § 48.7 Documentary internal revenue stamps, sale of, 39 § 62.1 Domestic mail service; definition, 39 Part 2 Electric railways, urban and interurban, transportation of mails by, 39 Envelopes: Color, size, quality, 39 Part 12 Franked, penalty, 39 §§ 27.1, 27.2 Stamped, 39 Part 31 Window envelopes, 39 § 12.4 Films, 16 mm, etc., mailing of; fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Forwarding mail, 39 Part 47 Fractions, 39 Part 6 Franked mail, 39 § 27.1 Free circulation publications, mailing of, 39 § 22.2 (b) (7) Free mail, franked, and penalty, 39 Part 27 Absentee balloting materials, for members of armed forces and certain Armed forces, United States, members of; free mail sent by, 39 §§ 21.5, Diplomatic and consular mail, 39 § 27.3 Franked mail, 39 § 27.1 Government departments; certain mail to Census Office and Immigra- Penalty mail, 39 § 27.2 Public Health Service officers, free mail sent by, 39 § 27.8 State employment security mailings, 39 § 27.5 General-delivery service, 39 § 41.4 Gold coin, bullion, etc., mailing within or from Alaska; fourth-class mail, Harmful matter in mails. See Special classes of matter. Hours of business in post offices, 39 § 41.2 How to wrap and mail. See Wrapping and mailing. Immigration and Naturalization Service; mail to, relating to naturalization, free matter, 39 § 27.4 (b) Indecent matter, mailing of; prohibitions, 39 § 14.3 Indemnity for losses of insured or registered mail, 39 Part 54 Information on postal matters, 39 Part 4 Insurance of mail, 39 Part 52 Introduction; scope of regulations, 39 Part 1 Keys: Hotel or steamship room keys, mailing of; third-class matter, 39 §§ 24.1, Lock box keys, 39 § 41.3 (f) Letters: Definition, 39 § 42.2 First-class mail, 39 Part 21 Libelous material; unmailable matter, 39 § 14.4 Post Office Department-Continued Domestic post office services-Continued Losses, mail; payment for, 39 Part 54 Magazines, mailing of; second-class matter, 39 Part 22 Mail chutes in public buildings, office buildings, etc., 39 § 43.4 Maps, postal, for rural routes, 39 § 46.6 Medicines and serums, deposit with transportation clerk, 39 § 43.3 International; list of countries where service is available on direct or Naturalization mail, free matter, 39 § 27.4 (b) Newspapers, mailing of; second-class matter, 39 Part 22 Nonmail services: Money orders, 39 Part 61 Non-postal stamps, and bonds, 39 Part 62 Postal savings, 39 Part 63 Nonmailable matter, or matter mailable under special rules. See Special See also Packing requirements. Wrapping and mailing, 39 Part 11 Packing requirements for certain articles: Chinaware, 39 § 11.3 (c) Fruits and vegetables, perishable, 39 § 11.5 Glassware, 39 § 11.3 (d) Meats, perishable, 39 § 11.5 Optical goods and spectacles, 39 § 11.3 (f) Pictures, framed, 39 § 11.3 (e) Radios, plastic-cased, 39 § 11.3 (g) Special classes of matter, 39 § 15.2 Panama Canal Zone: Customs declaration tag for, 39 § 15.6 (d) Rail transportation of mail across Isthmus of Panama, 39 § 95.5 Parcel post: See also Packing requirements. Fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Packages, wrapping and mailing, 39 Part 11 Penalty envelopes, use by Government agencies, 39 § 27.2 Pension mail, delivery, 39 § 44.1 (d) Periodicals, mailing of; second-class matter, 39 Part 22 Permit imprints, 39 Part 34 Philately, 39 Part 35 Post cards, 39 §§ 21.1, 21.2, 31.2 (b) Postage: Metered stamps, 39 Part 33 Permit imprints, 39 Part 34 Philately, 39 Part 35 Precanceled postage, 39 Part 32 Prepayment of postage and refunds, 39 Part 37 Special cancellations, 39 Part 36 Stamps, envelopes, and cards, 39 Part 31 Post Office Department-Continued Domestic post office services-Continued Fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Proofs, mailing of: Second-class matter, 39 § 22.4 (f) (6), (g) Third-class matter, 39 Part 24 Public Health Service officers; free mail privilege, 39 § 27.7 Across Isthmus of Panama; rates, 39 § 95.5 Electric railways, urban and interurban, 39 Part 93 Recall of mail by sender, 39 § 43.6 Registered mail, 39 § 51.6 Records and information, availability of, 39 §§ 4.3, 4.4 Records, sound, mailing of: Fourth-class matter, 39 Part 25 Third-class matter, 39 Part 24 Registered mail, 39 Part 51 Rural service, 39 Part 46 Special delivery services, for registered, insured, c. o. d., and special Savings, postal, 39 Part 63 Savings bonds and stamps, United States; sale of, in post office, 39 Part 62 Special classes of matter (perishable, illegal, liable to damage mails or in- See also Packing requirements for certain articles. Ammunition, 39 § 14.2 Animals: Dead, 39 § 15.4 (c) Live, 39 § 15.3 Poisonous, 39 § 14.2 Arms (rifles, shotguns), 39 §§ 15.2 (e) (2), 15.5 Baby chicks, ducks, etc.. 39 §§ 15.3 (c). 25.3, 25 5, 48.2 (h) Beer and wine, mailed to Indians, 39 § 14.6 (c) Bees, 39 § 15.4 (e) Combustible materials, 39 § 15.2 (c) Compressed gas containers, 39 § 15.2 (c) (3) Contraceptive and abortive materials, 39 § 14.3 Copyright violations, 39 § 14.8 Disease germs or scabs, 39 § 14.2 Disloyalty, treason, etc., matter urging, 39 § 14.7 Divorce in foreign country, matter offering, 39 § 14.9 (b) Drugs, cosmetics, etc., undeliverable; disposal of, 39 § 48.2 (i) Firearms (rifles, shotguns), 39 §§ 15.2 (e) (2), 15.5 Fireworks, 39 § 14.2 Fishing contests, nonprofit, material respecting, 39 § 14.5 (b) Flammable materials, etc., 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (c) Food, perishable, 39 §§ 15.3 (a), (b), 48.2 (h), (i) Foreign communications in violation of law or treaties, 39 § 14.9 Fraudulent or fictitious enterprises or matter, 39 § 14.5 Fruits and berries, perishable, 39 § 15.3 (b) Furs, hides, skins, 39 § 15.4 (d) Game, perishable, 39 § 15.3 (a) Gaseous materials, 39 § 15.2 (c) Glass containers of liquids, 39 § 15.2 (b) (3) Harmful matter, dangerous to persons or property, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.1, 15.2 Post Office Department-Continued Domestic post office services-Continued Nonpoisonous (bees, etc.), 39 § 15.4 (e) Intoxicating liquors, 39 § 14.6 Libelous, etc., matter, 39 § 14.4 Liquids (inflammable and noninflammable), 39 § 15.2 (b), (c) Lottery material, 39 § 14.5 Magnetic materials, 39 § 15.7 Matches, 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (c) (2), 15.7 Meats and meat products, 39 § 15.4 (b) Nursery stock, 39 §§ 15.4 (a), 24.1, 24.2, 24.4, 24.8, 25.3, 25.5, 53.3 (e) Odorous materials, etc., 39 § 14.2 Packaging and preparation for mailing, 39 § 15.2 Perishable food and game, 39 §§ 15.3, 15.4 (b), (c) Perishable mail, undeliverable; disposal of, 39 § 48.2 (h), (i) Plants and plant products, §§ 15.4 (a), 24.1, 24.2, 24.4, 24.8, 25.3, 25.5, Poisonous material, articles, or animals, etc., 39 §§ 14.2, 15.2 (b) (4), Poultry, live, day-old, 39 §§ 15.3 (c), 25.3, 25.5, 48.2 (h) Powders, 39 § 15.2 (b) President of United States, threats to; matter containing, 39 § 14.7 Scorpions, live, 39 § 15.4 (f) Sharp edged instruments (knives, razor blades, etc.), 39 § 15.2 (e) Special delivery of mail, 39 Part 56 Special handling service, for fourth-class mail, 39 Part 57 Special mail services: C. o. d., 39 Part 53 Certificates of mailing, 39 Part 55 Certified mail, 39 Part 58 Insurance, 39 Part 52 Losses, payment for, 39 Part 54 Registry, 39 Part 51 Special delivery, 39 Part 56 Special handling service, for fourth-class mail, 39 Part 57 Non-postal, 39 Part 62 Internal revenue stamps, documentary, 39 § 62.1 United States savings stamps, 39 § 62.3 Postal. See Postage. Star route service, 39 Part 49 Contracts for, 39 §§ 49.2, 49.5 Mail boxes and receptacles, 39 § 49.4 Services, 39 § 49.3 Special delivery services: C. o. d. mail, 39 § 53.5 (c) Insured mail, 39 § 52.5 (c) Registered mail, 39 § 51.7 (f) State employment security mailings, 39 § 27.5 Steamship companies, transportation of mail by; responsibility, compen- Subpoenas and summons; compliance by postal employees, 39 § 4.4 Post Office Department-Continued Domestic post office services-Continued Air carriers, transportation of mails by, 39 Part 96 Compensation for transportation of surface mails by vessels, 39 Fines on steamship companies for loss or damage to mails, 39 Isthmus of Panama, rail transportation of mail across; rates, Ship letters; certificate, fees, etc., 39 §§ 95.2, 95.3 Transportation and protection of mail between post offices and Mail-messenger service, 39 Part 94 Railroads, transportation of mails by, 39 Part 92 Urban and interurban electric railway carriers, transportation of mails Undeliverable mail, 39 Part 48 Special delivery, 39 § 56.5 Vessels, transportation of mails by, 39 Part 95 Voting materials; absentee ballots, free matter, 39 § 27.6 Wrapping and mailing, instructions: Addresses, 39 Part 13 Bulk mailings (second-class publications and third-class mailings), Envelopes, 39 Part 12 Matter mailable under special rules; legal restrictions, perishable International mail: Airmail, 39 Part 109 Post cards, 39 § 102.2 Rates, 39 § 100.1 Arms, ammunition; exportations, 39 Part 173 Blind, raised print for; rates, etc., 39 § 104.7 C. o. d. mail; service not available at present time, 39 Part 123 Commercial papers, and invoices, 39 Parts 103, 176 Commodities and technical data; exportations, 39 Part 172 Prohibitions and restrictions, 39 §§ 13.3, 132.3 Customs provisions: Exportations, 39 Parts 114, 133 Importations, 39 Part 161 Diamonds; exportations, 39 § 172.5 Directory of international mail, purchase of, 39 §§ 113.3, 132.3 Eggs, dried whole; exportations, 39 § 175.1 Envelopes, window, 39 § 132.2 (e) Exportations: Arms, ammunition, etc., 39 Part 173 Commodities licensed in export by Commerce Department, 39 Part 172 Diamonds, 39 § 172.5 Documentation, 39 Parts 114, 133 Customs declaration, 39 §§ 114.1, 133.1 Dispatch note, 39 § 114.2 Non-postal documentation, 39 § 133.2 Parcel post sticker, 39 § 114.3 Eggs, dried whole, 39 § 175.1 Gold and gold certificates, 39 Part 174 Shippers' export declarations, 39 Part 171 Technical data, 39 Parts 172, 173 Tobacco seed and plants, 39 § 175.2 |