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Advanced Preparation: Metered Mail Drop Shipment705705.18.1.1b. For each pickup stop, the mailer is charged the Pickup on Demand fee nomatter how many of the same mailer's post office boxes are checked in thesame post office box unit at the same time.c. Express Mail postage and fees are paid by Express Mail Corporate Account orfederal agency “Postage and Fees Paid” indicia.d. The mailer must keep a postage due or business reply account at the postalfacility where the post office box is located for any shortpaid or business replymail. The service agreement must state that such an account exists.e. Express Mail reship service is not available for Registered Mail, Certified Mail,COD, insured mail, or Express Mail items addressed to the post office box. Themailer must give instructions for redirecting such items on Form 1093.f. The service agreement must list the Expedited Service specialist at theoriginating office as the “Firm Representative” and show that the pickup time iswhen the USPS employee picks up the mail from the post office boxes andprepares it for dispatch as Express Mail.g. Commencement and termination of service agreements are subject to thestandards for Express Mail Custom Designed Service.18.0 Metered Mail Drop Shipment18.1 Basic Information18.1.1 GeneralA customer may affix postage using a postage meter (postage evidencing system)licensed at one post office (licensing post office) and deposit that mail at anotherpost office (entry post office) only if prior authorization is obtained from the USPSunder one of the procedures described below. Such authorization may be revokedunder 18.2.6 when the USPS determines that information or circumstancessupporting the original authorization may no longer be accurate, complete, orapplicable. (604.4.0 provides an exception to this standard for metered ExpressMail, Priority Mail, and single-piece rate metered mail.) These general conditionsapply:a. The meter stamp or indicium must show the name of the licensing post office.b. Metered mailpieces that bear meter impressions or other endorsementscontaining the wrong post office name, authorization number (as applicable), orother required information are not accepted.c. A metered mail drop shipment must be deposited at the time and place andunder any additional condition specified by the USPS.d. Annual mailing fees, as applicable for the class of mail, must be paid at theoffice(s) where mailings will be entered, as required under 233.3.4 or 243.3.4.Domestic Mail Manual Updated 3-15-07