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Office Time -- Preparation

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

• 221.5 Identifying Relays Each relay (see glossary) is identified by a number on the label of the letter separations. The number is placed under a diagonal line directly under the first street number of the relay to be served.

• 221.6 Number Arrangement for Flat Separations Each wide or flat separation contains a series of street numbers which generally embraces the carry-out and relays. The first separation is the carry-out, and subsequent separations are for relays that cover the same territory as the letter separations and in the same order from lower left to upper right. To the extent possible, these flat separations should embrace the same territory as for each relay on the letter case and, therefore, should bear the relay number of the related letter separation and the streets and block numbers included in each relay.

• 221.7 Flat cases may be configured to accommodate Vertical Flat Casing (VFC). The use of four and five shelf cases is permitted under the VFC method. VFC guidelines issued in January 1990 provide additional information concerning this matter.
   
• 221.8 When the Vertical Flat Case (VFC) DPS work method is used, letters may be sorted into four, five, or six shelves. In non-DPS environments using one, two, or modified two-bundle systems, and in DPS environments where the composite bundle work method is used, agreement between the local parties is necessary before four or five shelf letter cases may be used.
   
• 222 Systems for Casing and Preparing Mail As a general rule, three basic systems are commonly used for casing and preparing mail for delivery in a non-DPS environment. Management may prescribe any one of these methods, but for efficiency and economy, some degree of uniformity should be maintained. However, more than one casing