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href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_001.htm#ep392279" >11 Purpose <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_001.htm#ep392281" target="">111 General</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_002.htm" target="">112 Use</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_003.htm" target="">113 Other Reference Sources</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_004.htm" >12 Scope <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_004.htm#ep392335" target="">121 General</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_005.htm" target="">122 Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_006.htm" target="">123 Mailability Premise</a></li></ul></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_007.htm" target="">13 Additional Information</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_008.htm" target="">14 Safety</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_009.htm" target="">15 Protecting Personnel</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_010.htm" target="">16 Military Postal System</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_011.htm" target="">17 Statutory System</a></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_012.htm" >18 Trademarks of the USPS <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_012.htm#ep396940" target="">181 Use of USPS Trademarks</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c1_013.htm" target="">182 Common Law Marks or USPS Marks with Pending Trademark Applications</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_001.htm" >2 General Guidelines <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_001.htm#ep772764" >21 Mailability <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_001.htm#ep772768" target="">211 General</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_002.htm" target="">212 Mailer Responsibility</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_003.htm" target="">213 Authority</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_004.htm" target="">214 Appeals</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_005.htm" target="">215 Requests for Rulings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_006.htm" target="">216 Nonmailable Matter Found in the Mail</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_007.htm" >22 Marking Requirements <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_007.htm#ep772884" target="">221 General</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_008.htm" target="">222 Matter Excepted From Markings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_009.htm" target="">223 Hazardous Materials Warning Labels and Markings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_010.htm" target="">224 Tag 44 for Hazardous Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_011.htm" target="">225 Other Postal Service Labels and Tags</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_012.htm" target="">226 Package Orientation Markings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_013.htm" target="">227 Old Markings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_014.htm" target="">228 Shipping Papers</a></li></ul></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_015.htm" target="">23 Handling Hazardous Materials</a></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_016.htm" >24 Emergency Procedures <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_016.htm#ep772998" target="">241 General Requirements</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_017.htm" target="">242 Hazard Duration</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_018.htm" target="">243 Precautions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_019.htm" target="">244 Procedures</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_020.htm" target="">245 Hazardous Chemical Emergencies</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_021.htm" target="">246 Emergency Telephone Numbers</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_022.htm" >25 Basic Guidelines for Acceptance and Dispatch <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_022.htm#ep773106" target="">251 Guidelines for Acceptance Personnel</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_023.htm" target="">252 Guidelines for Dispatch Personnel</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c2_024.htm" target="">253 Guidelines for Delivery and Collection Personnel</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_001.htm" >3 Hazardous Materials <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_001.htm#ep940337" target="">31 Definition</a></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_002.htm" >32 General <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_002.htm#ep898363" target="">321 U.S. Department of Transportation</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_003.htm" target="">322 Postal Service</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_004.htm" target="">323 Mailer Responsibility</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_005.htm" target="">324 Mailability Rulings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_006.htm" target="">325 DOT Hazardous Materials Warning Labels</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_007.htm" target="">326 Shipping Papers</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_008.htm" target="">327 Transportation Requirements</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_009.htm" target="">328 Postal Service Hazardous Materials Table</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_010.htm" target="">329 Presentation of Hazardous-Materials Mailings</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_011.htm" >33 Hazard Classes <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_011.htm#ep898504" target="">331 Nine Classes</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_012.htm" target="">332 Limited Quantity</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_013.htm" target="">333 Consumer Commodity</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_014.htm" target="">334 USPS Limited Quantity Air Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_015.htm" target="">335 ID8000 Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_016.htm" target="">336 USPS Limited Quantity Surface Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_017.htm" target="">337 Excepted Quantity</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_018.htm" target="">338 Small Quantity</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_019.htm" target="">339 Hazardous Materials</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_020.htm" >34 Mailability by Hazard Class <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_020.htm#ep898624" target="">341 Explosives (Hazard Class 1)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_021.htm" target="">342 Gases (Hazard Class 2)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_022.htm" target="">343 Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Hazard Class 3)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_023.htm" target="">344 Flammable Solids (Hazard Class 4)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_024.htm" target="">345 Oxidizing Substances, Organic Peroxides (Hazard Class 5)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_025.htm" target="">346 Toxic Substances and Infectious Substances (Hazard Class 6)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_026.htm" target="">347 Radioactive Materials (Hazard Class 7)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_027.htm" target="">348 Corrosives (Hazard Class 8)</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c3_028.htm" target="">349 Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials (Hazard Class 9)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_001.htm" >4 Restricted Matter <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_001.htm#ep306072" >41 General <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_001.htm#ep290037" target="">411 Definition</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_002.htm" target="">412 Mailer Responsibility</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_003.htm" target="">413 Rulings</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_004.htm" target="">414 Nonmailable Matter Found in the Mails</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_005.htm" >42 Intoxicating Liquors <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_005.htm#ep290063" target="">421 Definition</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_006.htm" target="">422 Mailability</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_007.htm" target="">423 Packaging and Marking</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_008.htm" >43 Firearms <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_008.htm#ep290111" target="">431 Definitions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm" target="">432 Mailability</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm" target="">433 Legal Opinions on Mailing Firearms</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_011.htm" target="">434 Replica or Inert Explosive Devices</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_012.htm" target="">435 Nonmailable Firearms Found in the Mails</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_013.htm" >44 Knives and Sharp Instruments <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_013.htm#ep290208" target="">441 Definitions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_014.htm" target="">442 Mailability</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_015.htm" target="">443 Packaging and Marking</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_016.htm" target="">444 Nonmailable Knives in the Mails</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_017.htm" >45 Other Restricted Materials <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_017.htm#ep346759" target="">451 Liquids, Powders, and Odor-Producing Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_018.htm" target="">452 Motor Vehicle Master Keys and Locksmithing Devices</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_019.htm" target="">453 Controlled Substances and Drugs</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_020.htm" target="">454 Unsolicited Promotional Samples</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_021.htm" target="">455 Building Construction Material</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_022.htm" target="">456 Lottery</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_023.htm" >46 Animal-Fighting Ventures <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_023.htm" target="">461 Definitions</a></li><li class="active"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_024.htm" target="">462 Mailability</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_025.htm" >47 Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_025.htm" target="">471 Definitions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_026.htm" target="">472 Mailability</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_027.htm" target="">473 Mailability Exceptions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c4_028.htm" target="">474 Additional Guidance</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c5_001.htm" >5 Perishable Matter <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c5_001.htm#ep183801" >51 Definition <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c5_001.htm#ep206478" target="">511 General Definitions</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c5_002.htm" target="">512 Federal Statutes</a></li></ul></li><li 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Postal Service Handling</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_009.htm" target="">727 Refusal by Air Carrier</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_010.htm" target="">728 Spills and Leaks</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_011.htm" >73 Restricted Matter: Air Transportation <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_012.htm" target="">731 Refusal by Air Carrier</a></li></ul></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_013.htm" >74 Perishable Matter: Air Transportation <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_013.htm#ep745050" target="">741 General Requirements</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_014.htm" target="">742 Live Animals</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52c7_015.htm" target="">743 Perishable Matter with Dry Ice</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxa.htm" target="">Appendix A</a></li><li ><a 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Batteries International and APO/FPO/DPO</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxc_034.htm#ep1001233" target="">10A Small Quantity Provision</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxc_035.htm#ep1001263" target="">10B - Excepted Quantity Provision</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxc_036.htm" target="">10C - Cremated Remains</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxc_037.htm" target="">10D - Adult Bird Boxes</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxd.htm" target="">Appendix D</a></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxe_001.htm" >Appendix E <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxe_002.htm" target="">Postal Service Publications and Reference Materials</a></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxe_003.htm" target="">Other Publications</a></li></ul></li><li ><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxf.htm" target="">Appendix F</a></li><li class="flyout"><a href="/text/pub52/pub52apxg_001.htm" >Appendix G <b 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