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Domestic Mail Manual
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  • 100 Retail Mail
    • 101 Physical Standards
    • 102 Elements on the Face of a Mailpiece
    • 110 Priority Mail Express
      • 113 Prices & Eligibility
      • 114 Postage Payment Methods
      • 115 Mail Preparation
      • 116 Deposit
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      • 123 Prices and Eligibility
      • 124 Postage Payment Methods
      • 125 Mail Preparation
      • 126 Deposit
    • 130 First-Class Mail
      • 133 Prices and Eligibility
      • 134 Postage Payment Methods
      • 135 Mail Preparation
      • 136 Deposit
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      • 143 Prices and Eligibility
      • 144 Postage Payment Methods
      • 145 Mail Preparation
      • 146 Deposit
    • 150 USPS Retail Ground
      • 153 Prices and Eligibility
      • 154 Postage Payment Methods
      • 155 Mail Preparation
      • 156 Deposit
    • 170 Media Mail and Library Mail
      • 173 Prices and Eligibility
      • 174 Postage Payment Methods
      • 175 Mail Preparation
      • 176 Deposit
  • 200 Commercial Mail
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    • 203 Basic Postage Statement, Documentation, and Preparation
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      • 213 Prices and Eligibility
      • 214 Postage Payment and Documentation
      • 215 Mail Preparation
      • 216 Enter and Deposit
    • 220 Priority Mail
      • 223 Prices and Eligibility
      • 224 Postage Payment and Documentation
      • 225 Mail Preparation
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      • 235 Mail Preparation
      • 236 Enter and Deposit
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Domestic Mail Manual > 100 Retail Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels > 120 Retail MailPriority Mail > 125 Mail Preparation

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125 Mail Preparation

Overview

1.0 Preparation

2.0 Marking for Priority Mail

 

1.0 Preparation

1.1 Priority Mail Packaging Provided by the USPS

Priority Mail packaging provided by the USPS must be used only for Priority Mail. Regardless of how the packaging is reconfigured or how markings may be obliterated, any matter mailed in USPS-produced Priority Mail packaging is charged the appropriate Priority Mail price.

1.2 Sealing Flat Rate and Regional Rate Packaging

When sealing a Flat Rate Envelope, Flat Rate Box, or Regional Rate Box, the container flaps must be able to close within the normal folds. Tape may be applied to the flaps and seams to reinforce the container, provided the design of the container is not enlarged by opening the sides and the container is not reconstructed in any way.

1.3 Required Use

The sender’s domestic return address must appear legibly on Priority Mail.

2.0 Marking for Priority Mail

The marking “Priority Mail” must be placed prominently on the address side of each piece of Priority Mail under 102.3.2.




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