COURTESY REPLY MAIL
Courtesy Reply Mail Quick Service Guide
Business Reply Mail Templates
Business Reply Mail Quick Service Guide
If your Courtesy Reply Envelope does not look like the one below,
you cannot get a barcode discount on your flier.
It will cost you more postage:
Presorted First Class = 0.078 more - $78.00 per 1000
Presorted Standard = .061 more - $61.00 per 1000
Non-Profit = 0.04 more - $40.00 per 1000
THIS IS DIRECT FROM THE DMM (Domestic Mail Manual from the Post Office)
Enclosed Reply Cards and Envelopes
3.14.1 Basic Standard
All letter-size reply cards
and envelopes (business reply mail (BRM), courtesy reply mail (CRM), and meter
reply mail (MRM)) provided as enclosures in automation First-Class Mail,
Periodicals, and Standard Mail and addressed for return to a domestic delivery
address must meet the applicable standards for automation-compatible mail in 3.0. The mailer's signature
on the postage statement certifies that this standard, and the standards listed
below, have been met when the corresponding mail is presented to the USPS:
a. Each reply piece must include
the appropriate facing identification mark (FIM) under 1.2, Physical
Standards for Cards Claimed at Card Rates.
b. Each BRM piece must bear the
correct BRM ZIP+4 barcode; each MRM and CRM piece must bear the correct barcode
for the delivery address, subject to 202.5.0, Barcode Placement.
c. Each BRM piece must meet any
applicable standard under 507.8.0; each MRM
piece must meet any applicable standard under 604.4.0, Postage Meters and PC Postage Products ("Postage Evidencing
Systems"); and each CRM piece as defined in 3.14.2 must meet the standards of this section.
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