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131.47

General Information

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.

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.

132.21 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.

132.31 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.