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Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons

Key claim: The Postal Service will require a barcode on free parcels mailed for blind and physically handicapped persons and is clarifying when those parcels must pay a hazardous-materials handling fee.

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(Rule · Postal Service) The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to clarify the applicability of the Hazmat Handling Fee, and to require a parcel barcode, on parcels mailed as Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons (Free Matter).

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The Postal Service will require a barcode on free parcels mailed for blind and physically handicapped persons and is clarifying when those parcels must pay a hazardous-materials handling fee.

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Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons
Stage: final rule · federal-register · 01-sep-2026

The Postal Service will require a barcode on free parcels mailed for blind and physically handicapped persons and is clarifying when those parcels must pay a hazardous-materials handling fee.

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External: fedreg:2026-17884

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