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1 International Mail Services
110 General Information
111 Scope
112 Mailer Responsibility
113 Individual Country Listings
114 Availability
115 Official Correspondence
115.1 Communicating With Headquarters
115.2 Correspondence With Foreign Postal Authorities
115.3 Correspondence With Foreign Individuals
120 Preparation for Mailing
121 Packaging — Sender’s Responsibility
122 Addressing
122.1 Destination Address
122.2 Return Address
123 Customs Forms and Online Shipping Labels
123.1 General
123.2 Availability
123.3 Privately Printed Forms
123.4 Nonpostal Forms
123.5 Place of Mailing
123.6 Required Usage
123.7 Completing Customs Forms
130 Mailability
131 General
131.1 Domestic Limits
131.2 International Limits
131.3 Individual Country Prohibitions and Restrictions
131.4 Mailer Responsibility
131.5 Preparation for Mailing
132 Written, Printed, and Graphic Matter
132.1 Domestic Limits
132.2 Reply Cards and Envelopes
133 Improperly Addressed Mail
134 Valuable Articles
134.1 Service Options
134.2 List of Articles
134.3 Prohibitions
135 Mailable Dangerous Goods
135.1 Infectious Substances
135.2 Authorization
135.3 Packaging, Marking, Labeling
135.4 Handling and Dispatch of Infectious Substances
135.5 Radioactive Materials
136 Nonmailable Goods
136.1 Dangerous Goods
136.2 Inert Replica and Explosive Devices
136.3 Counterfeit and Pirated Items
136.4 Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco
137 Firearms, Knives, and Sharp Instruments
138 Perishable Matter
138.1 Animals
138.2 Plants
138.3 Eggs
138.4 Food and Other Perishable Articles
140 International Mail Categories
141 Definitions
141.1 General
141.2 Global Express Guaranteed
141.3 Express Mail International
141.4 Priority Mail International
141.5 First-Class Mail International
142 Official Mail
142.1 Mailings by Federal Agencies
142.2 Postal Service Mailings
142.3 Mail of a Former President and Surviving Spouse of a Former President
142.4 General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS)
142.5 Pan American Sanitary Bureau Mail
150 Postage
151 Postage Prices
152 Payment Methods
152.1 Prepayment
152.2 Stamps
152.3 Computing Postage
152.4 Permit Imprint
153 Placement of Postage
154 Remailed Items
