[Njtechdiv] Mailing Free Matter, Have Answered My Own Question.

[David Andrews]

I believe that you are correct.  It also doesn't 
matter how the pages are bound -- or not.

Libraries for the blind see individual post 
office differences all the time -- and there is 
no simple answer except education.

Dave

At 03:03 PM 5/24/2019, you wrote:
>I just did a Google search on Shipping Free 
>Matter and found the below. Given the below is 
>current and up to date, I think its saying I can 
>ship Free Matter without needing a special cert 
>and I should not have been questioned the way I was. What do you folks think?
>
>Link & text are below ...
>
><https://pe.usps.com/archive/html/dmmarchive20030810/E040.htm>https://pe.usps.com/archive/html/dmmarchive20030810/E040.htm
>
>Domestic Mail Manual E040 Free Matter for the 
>Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons
>ARCHIVED DMM
>Contents  Index
>
>E000 Special Eligibility Standards
>
>E040 Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons
>
>Summary
>
>E040 describes the standards under which mail 
>may be sent to or from blind or physically handicapped persons free of postage.
>
>1.0 Basic Information
>
>1.1General
>
>[8-8-02] Subject to the standards below, matter 
>may be entered free of postage if mailed by or 
>for the use of blind or other persons who cannot read or
>use conventionally printed materials due to a 
>physical handicap. The provisions of
>E040 apply to domestic mail only.
>
>1.2Mail Classification
>
>Matter mailed free under this standard is not 
>considered part of any particular class of mail 
>and is not protected against postal inspection. This matter
>is treated as First-Class Mail for the exclusive 
>purposes of determining appropriate standards 
>for processing and delivery and for handling if undeliverable.
>
>1.3Eligibility
>
>[8-8-02] The following persons are considered to 
>be blind or unable to read or use conventionally 
>printed material due to a physical handicap for purposes
>of this section:
>
>a. Certified participants in the Library of 
>Congress National Library Service for the Blind 
>and Physically Handicapped (NLS).
>
>b. Blind persons whose visual acuity, as 
>determined by competent authority, is 20/200 or 
>less in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose widest
>diameter of visual field subtends angular distance no greater than 20 degrees.
>
>c. Other physically handicapped persons 
>certified by competent authority as meeting one 
>or more of the following conditions:
>
>(1) Having a visual disability, with correction 
>and regardless of optical measurement, that 
>prevents the reading of standard printed material.
>
>(2) Being unable to read or unable to use 
>standard printed material as a result of physical limitations.
>
>(3) Having a reading disability resulting from 
>organic dysfunction and of sufficient severity 
>to prevent their reading printed material in a normal manner.
>
>(4) Meeting the requirements of eligibility 
>resulting from a degenerative, variable disease 
>that renders them unable to read or use conventional printed
>material because of impaired eyesight or other 
>physical factors. These persons are eligible 
>during the time in which they are certified by a competent
>authority as unable to read or use conventional materials.
>
>d. Eligible participants must be residents of 
>the United States, including the several states, 
>territories, insular possessions, and the District of Columbia,
>or American citizens domiciled abroad.
>
>1.4Certifying Authority
>
>[8-8-02] For purposes of this standard:
>
>a. The postmaster may extend the free matter 
>privilege to an individual recipient based on 
>personal knowledge of the individual’s eligibility.
>
>b. In cases of blindness, visual impairment, or 
>physical limitations, “competent authority” 
>is defined to include doctors of medicine; doctors of osteopathy;
>ophthalmologists; optometrists; registered 
>nurses; therapists; and professional staff of 
>hospitals, institutions, and public or private welfare agencies
>(e.g., social workers, caseworkers, counselors, 
>rehabilitation teachers, and superintendents). 
>In the absence of any of these, certification may be made
>by professional librarians or by any person 
>whose competence under specific circumstances is 
>acceptable to the Library of Congress (see 36 CFR 701.10(b)(2)(i)).
>
>c. In the case of reading disability from 
>organic dysfunction, “competent authority” 
>is defined as doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.
>
>1.5Qualifying Individuals
>
>[8-8-02] The USPS may require individuals 
>claiming entitlement to the free matter 
>privilege to furnish evidence of eligibility consistent with the standards
>in 1.3 and 1.4
>, or verify by other means that the recipients 
>are eligible to receive free matter.
>
>2.0 Matter Sent to Blind or Other physically Handicapped Persons
>
>2.1Acceptable Matter
>
>Subject to 2.2 , this matter may be mailed free:
>
>a. [8-8-02] Reading matter in braille or 
>14-point or larger sightsaving type and musical scores.
>
>b. Sound reproductions.
>
>c. Paper, records, tapes, and other material for 
>the production of reading matter, musical scores, or sound reproductions.
>
>d. Reproducers or parts of them for sound reproductions.
>
>e. Braille writers, typewriters, educational or 
>other materials or devices, or parts thereof, 
>used for writing by, or designed or adapted for use of, a
>blind person or a person who has a physical impairment as described in
>1.3 .
>
>2.2Conditions
>
>The matter listed in 2.1 must meet these conditions:
>
>a. The matter must be for the use of a blind or 
>other physically handicapped person.
>
>b. Either no charge, rental, subscription, or 
>other fee is required for this matter; or, if 
>required, may not exceed the cost of the item.
>
>c. The matter may be opened and inspected by the USPS.
>
>d. [8-8-02] The matter contains no advertising. Advertising is defined as:
>
>(1) All material of which a valuable 
>consideration is paid, accepted, or promised, 
>that calls attention to something to get people to buy it, sell it,
>seek it, or support it.
>
>(2) Reading matter or other material of which an advertising rate is charged.
>
>(3) Articles, items, and notices in the form of 
>reading matter inserted by custom or 
>understanding that textual matter is to be inserted for the advertiser
>or the advertiser’s products in which a display advertisement appears.
>
>(4) An organization’s advertisement of its own 
>services or issues, or any other business of the 
>publisher, whether in display advertising or reading matter.
>
>2.3Letters From Sighted
>
>Letters prepared in any form by sighted 
>individuals, to be sent to a blind or other 
>physically handicapped person, or empty shipping materials for mailing
>matter described in this section, may not be 
>sent free and must bear the full applicable postage.
>
>3.0 Matter Sent by Blind or Other physically Handicapped Persons
>
>3.1Acceptable Letters
>
>[8-8-02] Only letters in braille or in 14-point 
>or larger sightsaving type or in the form of 
>sound recordings, and containing no advertising, may be mailed
>free, and only if unsealed and sent by a blind 
>or other physically handicapped person as described in
>1.3 .
>
>3.2Other Letters
>
>Letters that are handwritten, or printed or 
>typed in a type size smaller than 14 points, may 
>not be sent free. These letters must bear the full applicable
>postage.
>
>4.0 Preparation
>
>4.1Basic Standards
>
>All matter mailed under this standard:
>
>a. Must be marked “Free Matter for the Blind 
>or Handicapped” in the upper right corner of the address side.
>
>b. Must meet the minimum and maximum dimensions 
>in C010 and C700 , respectively.
>
>c. Is subject to the mailability standards in C020 and C030 .
>
>4.2Special Services
>
>Insurance is the only special service that can 
>be added to mail sent under this standard. The 
>fee for insurance must be paid by the sender.
>
>DMM Issue 58 (8-10-03)
>
>ARCHIVED DMM
>
>ARCHIVED DMM


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