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Permit Imprints are a way to pay for business (also known as discount or bulk) postage. It is one of three business mail payment options, the other two being meters and precanceled stamps. Permit imprints are the only postage option that can ONLY be used for business mailing.

An indicia is an imprinted designation on mail that denotes postage payment, permit number and mailing classification. It usually looks something like this and is printed directly on the mail piece: PRSRT STD. U.S. Postage. PAID.

If you do not hold a mailing permit, you can obtain it either online through the Business Customer Gateway portal or by performing the following steps: Complete PS Form 3615, Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile available from your local business mail entry unit or Post Office.

The photo above shows the four most common types of indicia: Nonprofit, First Class, Presort First Class, and Presort Standard. To ensure your indicia meets official design requirements, consult the USPS Permit Design guidelines.

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.

Complete Part A of PS Form 3615, Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile, to establish a BRM permit. Then fill out section 1 of PS Form 6805, BRM/QBRM Application for ZIP+4 Code Assignment/Validation and QBRM Approval, to request a unique ZIP+4 for the BRM address.

Instead of using precanceled stamps or a postage meter, the mailer prints postage information in the upper right corner of the mailpiece. This postage block is called an "indicia." Here's a sample of what a permit imprint indicia looks like. The indicia are printed onto each mailpiece.