Message #153

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Found this on the IAAP bulletin board:



US Postal Inspection Service issued a list of characteristics of items that may be dangerous and should be treated with care - report to security. They are:

- Foreign, Priority or Special Delivery Type of Mail

- Restrictive Endorsements used: Confidential, Personal, To Be Opened by Addressee Only

- Visual Directions for Handling: Fragile, Rush, Handle with Care

- Excessive Postage (Usually Postage Stamps)

- Fictitious or No Return Address

- Poorly-Typed or Handwritten Addresses

- Incorrect Titles

- Titles but No Names

- Misspelling of Common Words

- Oily Stains or Discolorations

- Excessive or Uneven Weight Distribution

- Excessive Binding Material: Masking, Electric or Strapping Tape, String, Twine

- Rigid, Lopsided or Uneven Envelope

- Protruding Wires, Screws or Other Metal Parts

- Postmarked from an Area Different from the Return Address



Mail service supervisors, security personnel, receptionists, and executive assistants should be particularly alert to letters and parcels with any of the characteristics noted.