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Office Time --
Preparation
224.22
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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
224.22
Push the top letter slightly forward
with the left thumb so that the right thumb
and index finger can grasp the outer
edge of letter. The left thumb serves as
a feeder.
224.23
Read the address only. Develop sight
recognition of addresses as whole
units.
THIS: 11958 State Street or 482 West
Main
NOT THIS: 1-1-9-5-8 State Street; 4-8-2
West Main
224.24
Recall the correct separation and place
the letter on shelf at right or left side
of separation to correspond with
number.
224.25
As letter is pushed fully into
separation, position eyes on next letter and push
next letter forward with left thumb.
The right hand then returns to pick up this
letter for placing into the proper
separation.
224.26
Follow the same procedure in the
distribution of each letter, and coordination
of eyes, hands, fingers, and memory
will improve until the process becomes
automatic.
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225.1
Two-Bundle System
225.11
Review line of travel for as many flat
separations as correspond with two or
three rows of letter
separations.
225.12
Sort the flats into the proper
separations -- the memorized streets and
numbers -- and sort the balance by
streets, on the ledge.