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Customized portions of the proposed indicia design must be in color, e.g., brand images, corporate logos and trademarks. Required elements of the indicia must be in black, e.g., class of mail, U.S. Postage Paid, permit number, etc.

To get bulk mail postage discounts, your mail must be sorted and placed into USPS containers (trays or sacks) ing to USPS rules. Flat-sized pieces, some parcels, and letter-sized pieces with unusual shapes must also first be rubber-banded together into specific "bundles" before being placed into their containers.

The maximum size for most mailpieces is 108 inches in combined length and girth. USPS Retail Ground pieces may measure up to 130 inches in combined length and girth (but will be charged oversized prices). Regardless of the size of the mailpiece, the maximum mailable weight of any mailpiece is 70 pounds.

Permit imprint indicia can be used only as part of a commercial mailing that you bring to the Post Office?it cannot be used to send individual pieces of mail. Some companies print brochures with a permit indicia to use in a commercial mailing. Then they hand those same brochures out to customers.

USPS presort preparation Sort your mail into specific mail trays or mail sacks (provided by the USPS at no cost). ... Fill out a postage statement either manually or online and apply barcoded labels to each mailing container. Deliver to the Post Office that you received your USPS bulk mail permit from.

An indicia is not actual postage. You don't pay anything to print it. You just include it when you have your mail piece printed. You pay the postage when you actually mail the piece at a postal bulk mail unit. You generally must be mailing at least 200 pieces or 50 pounds of mail at one time to use an indicia.

How to Apply for a Permit Imprint Download a copy of PS Form 3615, Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile. ... Take your completed PS Form 3615 to your local Business Mail Entry Unit or Post Office. ... At the Post Office, submit your PS Form 3615 and pay the permit imprint application fee.

Qualifications for Standard Mail (Bulk) Rates Consist of a minimum of 200 addressed pieces (or 50 pounds). Be made of printed pieces identical in content, size, and weight. Weigh less than 1 pound (each piece). Contain only domestic addresses, certified as deliverable.

For targeted advertising mail, USPS Marketing Mail is the cheapest and most commonly used category of bulk mail. It's used for most advertising mail, newsletters, political mail, etc. In the past, Marketing Mail has also been called Standard Class, Standard A, or Third Class.

To qualify for Standard Mail (bulk) rates, mailings must: Consist of a minimum of 200 addressed pieces (or 50 pounds). Be made of printed pieces identical in content, size, and weight.