[blindkid] free matter for the blind

Amber ahall238 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 4 14:24:59 UTC 2013


I had a similar situation a year ago. I was told Free Matter .... Had to be a stamp or sticker. So I purchased a $2-3 stamp at the independence market and never had any problems again.  
I hope this helps. 
Amber



On Jan 3, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Carly B <barnesraiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Heidi,
> 
> I had a similar experience about 6 months ago when my son was writing his
> Braille teacher over the summer. I called the post office and spoke to
> whomever is in charge over there and was told that Free Matter for the
> Blind is only for entities like schools or libraries... which is of course
> wrong. I explained very politely that it includes items such as these, and
> then emailed the link that Margaret Moore provided earlier. The gentleman
> was very kind and helpful and told me that my son's mail would never be
> refused again, and said he would include this information in an upcoming
> staff educational meeting.
> 
> We live in a smallish suburb of a larger city, and I just think this is so
> rare that many are uneducated and just need to be given the appropriate
> information.
> 
> I hope you can get it cleared up and that everything goes smoothly in the
> future!
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> :) Carolynn
> 
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:51 AM, <hpscheffer at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, does anyone know why my daughter got a letter she sent to a penpal
>> back from the post office, even though I wrote on the right top corner
>> "Free matter for the Blind"?? I went to the post office and they couldn't
>> tell me why, may be the label has to printed they said, otherwise anyone
>> can write Free Matter for the Blind and send things that way. I have sent
>> things in the past, they may not have gotten to the destination now that I
>> think about it, but would like to know what the right way of doing this is.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> Heidi
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