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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Updated With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
system at an installation may be used
for the particular type of route served.
The three basic systems are:
a.
One-Bundle System: Arrange all
separations on case(s) for letter mail.
Case magazines, newspapers, and flats
with letter-size mail. Withdraw
and strap out letter and flat mail
together. Note: When a one-bundle
system is used, sequenced mailings
shall not be cased but shall be
handled as additional bundles. When
directed by management to
deliver sequenced mailings, handle
mailings as follows:
(1)
Carriers serving foot or park and loop
deliveries will not be
required to carry more than three
bundles.
(2)
Carriers serving other types of
deliveries are not limited to three
bundles of mail.
b.
Two-Bundle System: Case letter-size and
other mail separately.
Withdraw and strap out in separate
bundles.
(1)
Carriers serving foot or park and loop
deliveries will not be
required to carry more than three
bundles.
(2)
Carriers serving other types of
deliveries are not limited to three
bundles of mail.
c.
Modified Two-Bundle System: Arrange all
separations on case for
letter mail. Case newspapers,
magazines, and flats first in letter
separations and withdraw and strap out
before casing and tying out
letter-size mail. Do this only when
First-Class Mail, including markups,
will not be delayed.
(1)
Carriers serving foot or park and loop
deliveries will not be
required to carry more than three
bundles.
(2)
Carriers serving other types of
deliveries are not limited to three
bundles of mail.
In addition to the systems described in
a, b, and c, above, there are options
concerning how residual mail in a
Delivery Point Sequencing environment is
to be cased and handled. Listed below
are the two approved methods;
management will select one of these
methods for each route.
d.
Composite Bundle: Residual mail is
cased and strapped out
separately. For each relay, street,
block etc., the residual bundle of
letter mail is carried along with the
DPS letter mail bundle. Flats are
carried separately from these letter
bundles.
e.
Casing Letters in the Vertical Flat
Case: Residual mail is cased in the
same case with the vertically cased
flats. Letters and flats are
withdrawn and strapped out together in
a single bundle. The DPS letter
mail is carried separately as a second
bundle.
Note: In both DPS methods
(d and e), carriers serving foot or park and
loop deliveries may carry up to three
bundles of mail. Carriers serving
curbline, central, or dismount
deliveries are not restricted to a specific
number of bundles of mail.