Steve.Bauer@f6.n291.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Bauer) (04/13/91)
Index Number: 14827
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
The following item appears in the March/April 1991 issue of THE
BRAILLE FORUM from the American Council of the Blind. Since I
started a string about the U.S. Post Office, I couldn't resist
sharing this with you.
Although mail designated as "free matter for the blind" does not
have a class distinction per se, it should be handled as first class
mail, according to a letter sent by a postal official to ACB Member
Billie Jean Hill, editor of the "BVA Bulletin," the newsletter of the
Blinded Veterans Association.
The letter, sent by Neil Berger, editor of the "Domestic Mail
Manual," the book in which free matter regulations are detailed,
explains the unique position of free matter mail:
" ... Please note Section 135.7 Handling which stipulates that
matter mailed for the blind, though not considered to be any particular
class of mail, is handled or treated as First-Class Mail, ..." the
letter said.
The Braille Forum is available for download from the Scherer'n
Place BBS in Wichita, Kansas. See the "Vision Impaired Section,
News, Information and Resource area for BF030491.TXT and
BF030491.ZIP. Call (316) 529-2213.
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