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sender, if known, or, if unknown, shall be sent to the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post.** [Sec. 716]

10.8 Letters under cover to postmasters. Postmasters shall forward all matter of the first class on which one full rate of postage is prepaid which may be received under cover from any other post office with or without request to mail the same. Before forwarding they shall cancel the stamps and indorse in writing or stamp on such matter the following:

Received at.

under cover from the post office at

When the name of the mailing office does not appear, the indorsement shall be made as indicated, leaving the last two spaces blank. The foregoing shall not apply to matter received for mailing under the provisions of § 19.1.*t [Sec. 772]

10.9 Withdrawal by sender before dispatch. (a) After mail matter has been deposited in a post office it shall not be withdrawn except by the sender, or, in case of a minor child, by the parent or the guardian duly authorized to control that correspondence of the writer. Mail deposited by a person adjudicated of unsound mind may be withdrawn by the duly appointed guardian.

(b) When request is made for the withdrawal of any mail matter, the postmaster shall ascertain whether the person making the request is entitled to such matter. The applicant should be required, if necessary, to exhibit a written address in the same hand as that upon the matter sought to be withdrawn, and such description of the matter, or other evidence, as will identify the same and satisfy the postmaster that the applicant is entitled to withdraw it.

(c) When matter withdrawn from the mails before dispatch is again presented for mailing, the stamps originally affixed thereto shall be accepted in payment of postage to the amount of their face value.** [Sec. 729]

10.10 Recall of matter after dispatch. (a) When the sender of any article of unregistered mail matter desires its return after it has been dispatched from the mailing office application shall be made to the postmaster at the office of mailing, stating the reasons for such request. The matter shall be identified, the application accompanied with proper proof in writing, and a sum deposited with the postmaster sufficient to cover all expenses incurred.

(b) When application has been made in due form for the recall of an article of mail matter the postmaster shall telegraph a request to the postmaster at the office of address, or to a railway postal clerk in whose custody the matter is known at the time to be, for the return of such matter to his office, carefully describing the same, so as to identify it and prevent the return of any other matter.

(c) On receipt of a request for the return of any article of mail matter the postmaster or railway postal clerk to whom such request is addressed shall return such matter in a penalty envelope, to the mailing postmaster, who shall deliver it to the sender upon payment of all expenses and the regular rate of postage on the matter returned,

*For statutory citation, see note to § 10.2.

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except first-class matter, which is returned without additional charge for returning, and on the envelope or cover thereof postage-due stamps of the proper value shall be placed and canceled. If the mail to which the application relates has been delivered, that fact shall be reported to the mailing postmaster who shall inform the sender.

(d) All applications for the recall of any article of mail matter, together with the proofs submitted therewith, the sender's receipt for such matter, and the envelope or wrapper in which it was inclosed, shall be filed at the mailing office.

(e) The following form may be used for making application for withdrawal of mail matter after dispatch:

Postmaster,

19__, addressed to..

19_-.

--9

Please recall and deliver to myself or bearer a letter (or whatever article of mail matter it may be) deposited in on or about and described as follows: and in the same handwriting as this application, and which was written by me or by my authority, and which I do not desire delivered to the addressee for the following reasons:

-

It is hereby agreed that if the letter (or other article of mail matter) is returned to me I will protect you from any and all claims made against you for such return, and will fully indemnify you for any loss you may sustain by reason of such action, and I herewith deposit $-- to cover all expenses incurred, and will deliver you the envelope (or wrapper) of the letter (or other article of mail matter) returned.

[Receipt]

Received

[Name.]
[Address.]

19--, of the

postmaster the above-described piece of mail matter for account of the sender.

Witness: [Name.]-.

[Name.]
[Address.]

*+ [Sec. 730]

PART 11-SHORT-PAID AND UNMAILABLE MATTER AT MAILING OFFICES

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Section 11.1 Unpaid letters. All domestic letters deposited in any post office for mailing, on which the postage is wholly unpaid or paid less than one full rate as required by law, except letters lawfully free, and duly certified letters of soldiers, sailors, and marines in the service of the United States, shall be sent by the postmaster to a post office designated by the Postmaster General, to be treated in the same manner as other undelivered letters unless the

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*For statutory citation, see note to $10.2.

deficient postage is furnished, as provided in §11.3. (R.S. 3937, 48 Stat. 1120; 39 U.S.C. 407) [Sec. 721, as amended by P.M.G. Order 6205, Sept. 6, 1934]

†The source of §§ 11.1 to 11.8, inclusive, (except for amendments noted in the text,) is Postal Laws and Regulations, Postmaster General, 1932.

11.2 Unpaid letters accompanied by money insufficient for one full rate. (a) When a number of letters are deposited in a letter box wholly unpaid by stamps affixed, and a sum of money is found in such box which is not sufficient to pay one full rate of postage on all of said letters, they shall, if mailed by the same person, and he is known and resides within the delivery of the mailing office, be returned to him, together with the money.

(b) When such letters are mailed by different persons they shall be notified that the letters are held for postage. If this cannot be done, then the letters shall be treated as "held for postage" and disposed of as provided in the following section, and the money treated as money found loose in the mails and disposed of as provided in § 13.4.1 (R.S. 3937, 48 Stat. 1120; 39 U.S.C. 407) [Sec. 722, as amended by P.M.G. Order 4579, Nov. 27, 1933]

11.3 Unpaid or insufficiently paid matter. (a) When any letter or matter of the first class wholly unpaid or prepaid at less than one full rate, or any matter of the second or third class of obvious value, such as sheet music, pictures, photographs, or pamphlets likely to be of use or value to the addressee, or any parcel of the fourth class not fully prepaid but otherwise mailable, shall be deposited in any post office for delivery in the United States, it shall be postmarked with date of receipt, rated up, and the amount of deficient postage noted thereon.

(b) When the matter described in the preceding paragraph bears the card or address of the sender, or if he be known to or can be conveniently located by the postmaster, and is within the delivery of the office, it shall be at once returned to him for the required postage. The stamps originally affixed to such matter shall, when it is again presented for mailing, be accepted in payment of postage to the amount of their face value. If the sender be not within the delivery limits of the office, he shall be, if known, notified that the matter is held for postage, and if the postage be not furnished within 2 weeks the addressee shall be notified, as provided in the following paragraph.

(c) When the postage is not furnished by the sender of such matter or he is not known or can not be conveniently located, the matter shall be indorsed "Held for postage" and the addressee notified by next mail, by an official card (Form 3548) or otherwise, of such detention and the amount of postage required.

(d) After the addressee of unpaid or insufficiently paid matter held for postage has been notified of the amount of postage due thereon, such matter shall be held not longer than 2 weeks, unless the office of address be so remote from the office of mailing that the postage could not be received from the addressee within that time, in which case the matter shall be held not longer than 4 weeks, except that 6 weeks may be allowed for the notice to be dispatched and

†For source citation, see note to § 11.1.

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returned between any post office in the Territory of Hawaii and any other United States post office outside the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska, and 90 days for such service between any post office in the Territory of Alaska and any other United States post office not in the same Territory. If within the prescribed time the required postage is received, stamps of the value thereof shall be affixed to the matter in such manner as to cover a part of the words "Held for postage" and the matter dispatched.

(e) If the sender of any insufficiently paid letter or other matter shall pay the postage, after dispatch of notice to addressee, it shall be indorsed "Postage subsequently paid by sender," the necessary stamps affixed and canceled, and the matter dispatched.

(f) If the amount of unpaid or insufficiently paid postage on any matter of the first class is not received from the addressee at the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of mailing of the notice, except as provided in paragraph (d), and prepayment shall not have been made by the sender, such matter shall be marked "Unclaimed" and disposed of as provided in §§ 13.2-13.4.† (R.S. 3937, 48 Stat. 1120; 39 U.S.C. 407) [Sec. 723]

11.4 Misdirected matter at mailing office. (a) Postmasters and others in the Postal Service shall not attempt to correct postoffice addresses on mail matter except as provided in this section and in §§ 12.5, 12.7.

(b) Mail that is misdirected as to post-office name, unless addressed to a known county and State, shall not be dispatched except upon reasonable assurance as to its destination, in which case it shall be indorsed to show by what post office the address is supplied, but shall be returned to the sender, if his name and address are known, with the words stamped or written thereon, "Returned for better direction," together with such information as the mailing office may have as to the correct post-office name. The stamps originally affixed to such matter will, when it is again presented for mailing, be accepted in payment of postage to the amount of their face value.

(c) If the name of the sender is not known and the post-office address can not be supplied with reasonable certainty at the mailing office, the matter shall be disposed of as unmailable. (See § 11.6.)

(d) Mail not addressed to a post office but to a known county and State shall be dispatched in the mails without change of address.t (R.S. 161, 396, secs. 304, 309, 42 Stat. 24, 25; 5 U.S.C. 22, 369) [Sec. 724]

11.5 Unmailable matter. All matter which is unmailable under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 334, 335, or 343, shall, when deposited in a post office, be withdrawn from the mails and sent to the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post with a statement of the facts connected therewith. All matter which is unmailable under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 336 or 338, shall, when deposited in the post office, be withdrawn from the mails and disposed of in accordance with § 11.6, except that counterfeit money and spurious coins mailed in violation of 18 U.S.C. 338 shall be sent to the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post with a statement of the facts connected

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For source citation, see note to § 11.1.

therewith.t (R.S. 161, 396, secs. 304, 309, 42 Stat. 24, 25; 5 U.S.C. 22, 369) [Sec. 725, as amended by P.M.G. Order 4579, Nov. 27, 1933]

11.6 Disposition of matter unmailable, misdirected, damaged, or held for postage. (a) The following unmailable matter, when of the first class, shall, if deposited in a post office of the first class for mailing, be treated in the dead-letter branch of that office. Such matter posted in post offices of the second, third, and fourth classes shall be sent to the central-accounting post office and such matter posted in the Territory of Alaska shall be sent to the dead-letter branch at the Seattle, Wash., post office; and when of the third or fourth class to the postmaster of the proper headquarters of the Railway Mail Service under provisions of § 11.4.

(1) "Held for postage" matter which can not be returned to sender and has not been prepaid by addressee, as provided in § 11.3.

(2) Misdirected matter which can not be dispatched to the addressee nor returned to the sender, as provided in § 11.4.

(3) Excess of weight and size matter, or those packages of domestic matter which exceed the weight or size limited by law. (See §§ 5.71, 6.2, 6.3.)

(4) Mutilated or damaged matter other than merchandise found loose in the mails, or that which when deposited in the post office is, or before dispatch may become, so damaged that it can not be forwarded to destination and can not be returned to the sender.

(b) "Held for postage" and misdirected printed matter (nixies) of no obvious value, and samples of merchandise sent for advertising purposes and articles of like character having no salable value, may be disposed of as waste paper or destroyed, as provided in § 12.34 respecting unclaimed printed matter of like character upon which postage-due stamps have not been affixed. Before such matter is disposed of all postage stamps thereon shall be canceled and each piece carefully examined, and if any is found to contain other matter of a higher class it shall be disposed of in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) Domestic fraudulent and lottery matter of any class declared nonmailable by 18 U.S.C. 336, 338, shall be sent to a designated branch of the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post for disposition. Foreign lottery matter of any class declared nonmailable by 18 U.S.C. 336, 338, shall be sent to the postmaster, dead-letter branch, Washington, D. C. Obscene, scurrilous, and treasonable matter of any class declared nonmailable by 18 U.S.C. 334, 335, 343, and letters containing counterfeit money and spurious coins declared nonmailable by 18 U.S.C. 338, shall be sent to the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post. (R.S. 161, 396, secs. 304, 309, 42 Stat. 24, 25; 5 U.S.C. 22, 369) [Sec. 726, as amended by P.M.G. Order 4579, Nov. 27, 1933]

11.7 Frequency of returns of unmailable matter to Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post. At post offices of the first class daily, and at all other post offices weekly, returns shall be made to the Division of Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post or to branches thereof, or to post offices at division headquarters of the Railway Mail

*For source citation, see note to § 11.1.

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