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Office Time -- Preparation

Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Updated With Postal Bulletin Revisions Through April 5, 2001

• 22 Casing and Preparing Mail
   
• 221 Carrier Cases
   

• 221.1 Description
   
• 221.11 Small separations (1" or 2" wide) are for letters.
   
• 221.12 Wide separations (approximately 10" wide) are for magazines, papers, and large flats.
   
• 221.13 The street numbers on a carrier case are placed in the order carrier serves his route.
   
• 221.14 The first delivery on the route is at the left side of the lowest shelf for letters and flats.
   
• 221.15 The numbers run from left to right with the last delivery at the right side of the uppermost shelf for letters and flats.
   
• 221.2 Arrangements of Separations The standard city carrier case normally may utilize four, five, or six evenly spaced shelves with 40 one-inch separations in each. The individual dividers are removable so that the separations can be widened when necessary. Management will determine the number of shelves and separations to be used for each route. The basic case may be further modified by adding wings, to provide for greater capacity.