Postal Information for More Cost-Effective Mailings

Mailing Permits

Action Mail has Mailing Permits (Indicia) for First Class, Presort, Standard mail, and Non-Profit mail.  We can print your envelope, postcard, or self-mailer with our Mailing Indicia and mail it for you.

If you are preprinting your envelopes or self-mailers for a mailing that we will be handling for you, please Contact Us for the appropriate Mailing Permit.

USPS Postage Rates

Postal Rate Chart (4/10/16)

Move Update from USPS

If you’re mailing First Class Presort or automation rates, you must update your mailing lists every 185 days or 6 months.  USPS has 4 approved methods:

Move Update Information Brochure

Non-Profit Mailings

• Application to Mail Nonprofit at Additional Offices PS Form 3623

• Sample Letter That Must Accompany PS Form 3623

USPS Postal Specifications for Designing Direct Mail

• Physical Standards for Discount Letters and Cards

• Designing Letters and Cards for Automated Processing

• Using Tabs, Wafer Seals, and Glue Strips

• September 8, 2009 USPS Regulations Rule Changes for Booklet Tabbing

Postal Quick Service Guide — Ancillary Service Endorsements

• Ancillary service endorsement information

Requirement for First-Class Presort Discount Mail

On Mar. 29, 2009, the USPS implemented new address placement and formatting requirements for Standard Mail (including Non-Profit), Periodicals, Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and Library Mail flat-size pieces sent at automation, presorted, or carrier route prices. Also, the USPS will adopt related revisions for automation and presorted First-Class Mail flats.

These changes are the result of the USPS’s new Flats Sequencing System (FSS), which will automate delivery sequencing for flat-size mail. To help mailers, the USPS has published four fact sheets, which now are available on DMA’s website. In addition, DMA on July 1 hosted a virtual conference, which now is archived for members-only access.