Postage Meter Machine Date Rules

Rules for use of a postage meter.

Postage meter machine date rules.

Print a new label with the correct date. A postage meter or franking machine is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage or franking to mailed items postage meters are regulated by a country s postal authority. Regulations set by the usps since 1st january 2009 it is only permitted to lease digital postage meters. Updated september 26 2017.

Postage can be used which was date stamped on the day the item was deposited in the mailbox or the date of when the next scheduled collection will be. The meter stamp serves as proof of payment and eliminates the. The machines cannot be sold resold or purchased. The first corrected label is free but additional corrections incur a fee.

That can be a problem since the post office might only be open until three or four in the afternoon and pickups at local boxes typically aren t any later than five or six o clock. Mail must be metered with the actual date of mailing. No non digital postage meter may be rented and as a result of this update many machines have been discontinued. Mail must be metered with the actual date of mailing.

If the postage bears a previous or future date the meter stamp is considered stale the meter date must be updated daily. Postage meters and pc postage systems. The label must show a postage value of zero. The five current approved providers are listed below.

Users can print a corrected label if they miss the original mailing date. A postage meter imprints an amount of postage functioning as a postage stamp a cancellation and a dated postmark all in one. Metered mail users must mail items on the same date printed on the postage label s postmark. If the postage bears a previous or future date the meter stamp is considered stale the meter date must be updated daily.

The customer accepts responsibility for control and use of the system and agrees to abide by all rules and regulations governing its use. The date format used in the indicia is subject to the following conditions.