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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Update With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
Dispute, mail is returned to
sender by the order of the General Counsel when
it cannot be determined which of
disputing parties has better right to the mail;
(h) not deliverable as addressed
Unable to Forward; (i) Returned for
Postage;
(j) Box Closed No Order;
(k) Outside Delivery Limits. These types of
undeliverable mail will be bundled by
category with the carrier endorsing the
top piece of each bundle with the
appropriate endorsement and initial.
243
Carrier Throwback Case
Undeliverable as addressed mail is
disposed of according to separations of
Carrier Throwback Case (see exhibit
243). The delivery address should
never be lined out or obscured on any
mailpiece. Following are descriptions
of separations in the throwback
case:
a.
Missorts -- First-Class Mail misthrown
to the route and deliverable at
the same unit.
b.
Loop Mail -- Incorrectly barcoded
and/or ZIP coded mail discovered at
a destination for which it is not
addressed.
c.
Box Mail -- Mail received at the
carrier's case that belongs in the post
office box section.
d.
Endorsed Bundles -- Attempted Not
Known, Insufficient Address,
Undeliverable As Addressed (UAA), No
Such Number.
e.
Endorsed Individual (each piece must be
individually endorsed) --
Deceased, Temporarily Away, Refused, No
Mail Receptacle, Vacant.
f.
Missorts -- Non-Pref. Flats, Standard
Mail (A), other-size mail
misthrown to the route and deliverable
at the same unit.