Postal Explorer > International Mail Manual - Issue 32 > 4 Treatment of Outbound Mail > 440 Special Services Mail

440 Special Services Mail

441 Registered Mail

441.1 Recording and Dispatching

Record and dispatch outbound registered international mail in the manner prescribed for domestic registered mail.

441.2 Registered Mail Found With Ordinary Mail

441.21 Disposition

Return to the registered mailstream any item found in the ordinary mail that has been accepted as registered by the Postal Service.

441.22 Complete the Registration Process

Enter as registered mail any item on which the sender has fully prepaid the postage and the registry fee and that has been endorsed to show that registry is desired. Send a mailing receipt (see 334.1) to the sender, including a reminder to the sender that mail to be registered must be presented at the Post Office facility for that purpose.

441.23 Shortpaid Mail

If the item has not been fully prepaid, return it to the sender after indicating that it is shortpaid and must be presented for registry at a Post Office facility. If the shortpaid registered item bears no return address, cross out the sender's registry endorsement and dispatch as ordinary mail.

442 Recorded Delivery

Dispatch international recorded delivery articles to the appropriate U.S. exchange office as ordinary mail.