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Office Time --
Preparation
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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
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223.1
Letter-Size Mail
223.11
Withdraw letter mail from city
distribution cases unless mail has already been
placed on carrier's case ledge by a
mail handler or clerk.
223.12
Place letter mail on carrier case ledge
with stamps down, facing to the right
side of ledge.
223.13
Obtain mail from tray cart or hamper
when mail is so provided.
223.14
If mail is received in bundles, open
the bundles and place mail on ledge.
Deposit facing slips and twine in waste
receptacles.
223.15
Keep First-Class separate from
Periodicals, but make no attempt to
separate
them if they are mixed.
223.16
In offices under expedited
preferential mail system, a city carrier
normally
sorts only preferential and time-value
mail before leaving to serve his route.
Casing of non-preferential mail is done
in the afternoon when he returns to
the delivery unit.
223.2
Magazines, Papers, and Other Flat
Mail
223.21
Withdraw magazines, papers, and other
flat mail from flat cases and place
neatly in basket or on floor at case
when they are not at carrier case upon
reporting. Don't obstruct aisle space
or create a tripping hazard.
223.22
If the flats for your route are
received in sacks, remove the flats promptly, and
stack neatly on the floor or in hampers
when provided. Examine sacks after
dumping to insure that sacks are empty.
Place empty sacks in the designated
receptacle after removing sack
labels.
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224.1
Learning Carrier Line of
Travel
224.11
Study for a few minutes the streets and
numbers in the order the route is
served, from left side of lowest shelf
of letter separations to right side of top
shelf.