Specify Special Contents

Prior to shipping, the USPS requires that you declare certain content types for domestic mail—such as live animals, day-old poultry, hazardous materials, cremated remains, perishable, and fragile—which you indicate in the Service Options area of the Order Lookup tab.

• Important! For more information about shipping special contents, see:
  • Your USPS representative
  • USPS: Shipping Restrictions
  • USPS: Publication 52 - Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail
  • USPS: Other Restricted Materials

Steps

1. On the Order Lookup tab, in the Service Options area, select the Special Content type check box.
2. Click the Edit Options link.
3. In the Special Content Type Options dialog box, select one:
   • Live Animals—if you intend to ship live animals, not including day-old poultry, be sure to verify shipping requirements with the USPS.
   • Live Animals Day-Old Poultry—a surcharge based on weight may apply, the amount of which is included on the label.
   • Hazardous Materials
   • Cremated Remains
   • Perishable
   • Fragile—an extra fee may apply.
4. Click OK.

• Important! After you print a label with any selected special content item, that selection remains selected unless you change the selection or switch to another profile.

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