Mail Pieces Weighing
More Than 13 oz.
With Postage Stamps
MUST be brought to an employee at a retail counter
in a Post Office or at a Postage Contract Unit.
Mail can not be put into a collection box.
OK to continue to use a collection box if Metered Postage
or USPS on-line "Click -N-Ship" service.
usps.com/news
Release No. 07-058
July 24, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC — A new Postal Service rule goes into effect next week for packages and envelopes that weigh more than 13 ounces, if they’re being mailed with only stamps as postage at a location other than a Post Office retail service counter.
Starting July 30, 2007 customers can use one of several convenient online postage applications — available 24/7 — or an Automated Postal Center, if they wish to mail items that weigh more than 13 ounces in Postal Service collection boxes or Post Office lobby mail slots; or if they wish to leave the items for pickup by their letter carriers.
Online postage applications include the Postal Service’s Click-N-Ship service on usps.com and PC Postage from an authorized USPS vendor.
If a customer is unable to use one of the above methods to prepare and affix postage, items weighing more than 13 ounces must be presented for mailing to an employee at a Post Office retail service counter.
Business customers who use postage meters may continue to use meter postage for packages of any weight and mailing method.
Customers will notice new decals on USPS collection boxes, and Post Office lobby and Automated Postal Center mail drop slots. The new red, white and blue decals inform customers that deposit of stamped mail over 13 ounces is prohibited, and any such mail will be returned. Previously, the prohibition applied to mail over 16 ounces. The change is part of ongoing security measures established by the Postal Service, in cooperation with other government agencies to keep the public, customers, employees and the U.S. Mail safe.
The following mail items are NOT allowed in a Collection Box
receptacle.
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| Domestic stamped mail – weighing over 13 oz |
| Global Express Guaranteed® items – ALL |
| Express Mail International items – (except those paid with Express Mail Corporate Account) |
| International stamped mail – weighing over 13 oz |
| International mail that requires a customs form (except those paid with Express Mail Corporate Account) |
| International metered mail – weighing over 13 oz |
The following mail items are allowed in a Collection Box receptacle:
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| Domestic Express Mail® items – weighing 13 oz. or less regardless of the type of postage |
| Domestic Express Mail items - weighing more than 13 oz. with meter, PC Postage or Corporate Account |
| Domestic stamped mail – weighing 13 oz. or less |
| Domestic metered mail – ALL |
| Domestic Business Reply Mail (BRM) – ALL |
| International
mail (stamped or metered) – Meeting all of the following:
1. Weighs 13 oz. or less 2. Does not require a customs form 3. Is not a Global Express Guaranteed® item |
Source: United States Postal Service - www.usps.com results from doing a search for
"over 13 ounces".