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General Information
131.47
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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
131.47
Complete portions of the Edit Book, as
required by management, or Form
1621, Delivery Management
Report, according to instructions on reverse
of
form.
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132.1
Collection from Customers
132.11
Accept letters handed to you by
customers for mailing, providing that postage
is affixed. Go to the porch or door to
receive this mail from the customer.
132.12
Collect prepaid letters placed next to,
in, or on private mail receptacles when
delivery is being made at that
point.
132.13
Accept for mailing prepaid small
articles; but you may refuse to accept
articles when to do so would seriously
interfere with your scheduled
deliveries or collections.
132.14
Do not accept money for payment of
postage except postage due mail, with
due stamps or statement
attached.
132.15
Motorized carriers: collect from
curbside boxes (on your route) letters with
postage affixed if the signal flag is
raised, even though there is no mail for
delivery to that box.
132.2
Collection from Boxes and
Racks
132.21
Collect mail from designated street
letterboxes, cooperative mailing racks,
and mail chute receiving boxes. Avoid
standing in the street when loading or
emptying these boxes.
132.22
Collect mailable matter placed on top
of or adjacent to a collection box.
Report to your supervisor the name of
the customer who left this mail so that
action may be taken to preclude
recurrence.
132.23
Give preference to First-Class Mail
when the contents of a collection box are
more than you can carry. Report the
incident to your manager.
132.24
Report to manager any person who
tampers with or deliberately damages
mailboxes or takes mail from them
without authority.
132.3
Handling Collected Mail
132.31
Do not return collected mail to any
customer. Refer the customer to the unit
where the mail is deposited.
132.32
Keep mail collected from boxes
designated for different levels of service
separate at all times (e.g., starred,
local delivery, etc.).
132.33
Face or separate mail as directed and
to the extent practicable at the time of
collection or while returning to the
office. All carriers may be required to face
or separate collections on return from
their routes if this is the policy of the
local management.