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MANAGED MAIL TRAY (MM)—A stackable cardboard or plastic container used with and enclosing
cardboard sleeve. It is used to transport letter-size mail between selected postal facilities or between a
mailer’s mailroom or plant and a specific postal facility.
MILITARY MAIL—Domestic mail and international mail that bear a U.S. military delivery address or
return address and that, in some stage of its transmission, is in the possession of the Department of
Defense (DOD).
MILITARY MAIL TERMINAL—A Department of Defense (DOD) facility usually operated by the
Army (USA) to send, receive, combine, distribute, transfer, dispatch, and control military mail (usually
Presorted Standard Mail A, Standard Mail B, and non-time value Periodicals) to, from, and in overseas
(OCONUS) areas.
MILITARY POST OFFICE (MPO)—A branch of a designated USPS civilian post office, which falls
under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of either New York or San Francisco. It is operated by the
Department of Defense to serve military personnel overseas or aboard ships where the USPS does not
operate and a military situation requires the service. It may be either an Army post office (FPO) that
serves the Army or Air Force or a fleet post office (FPO) that serves the Coast Guard, Navy, or Marine
Corps.
MIXED CITY—A dispatch of mail for more than one zone in a city.
MIXED STATES—A dispatch of mail for several states.
MONEY ORDER VERIFICATION OFFICER—A person (E-7 or above) designated by the
commanding officer to perform daily audits of money order business.
MONIES AUDIT BOARD—Consists of personnel designated in writing by the commanding officer
to perform monthly audits of the post office.
NEGLIGENCE—The failure to act as a reasonably careful person would act under like conditions.
Failure to comply with existing postal laws or procedures may be evidence of negligence.
NONMAILABLE ARTICLES and SUBSTANCES—Matter that may not, by law, be sent through the
mail. This includes certain hazardous matter, restricted matter, or perishable matter.
OFFICIAL MAIL—Mail authorized by federal law to be sent by government officials without postage
prepayment. It includes franked mail sent by members of Congress and penalty mail sent by U.S.
Government agencies.
ORDINARY MAIL—Any class of domestic mail that is accorded standard dispatching and handling.
This excludes Express Mail and Priority Mail as well as mail with a special service (for example,
certified mail, collect on delivery, registered mail, and special handling).
ORIGIN AIRPORT—Air facility at which a mail dispatch is actually performed.
PARENT UNIT—A primary military post office (MPO) that may operate integral subordinate units.
PECUNIARY LIABILITY—A personal, joint, or corporate monetary obligation to make good any
lost, damaged, or destroyed property resulting from fault or neglect. It also may result under conditions
stipulated in a contract or bond.
PENALTY MAIL—Official mail sent without postage prepayment by officers of the executive and
judicial branches of the U.S. Government, by departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, and
by specifically authorized individuals. The term comes from the endorsement “Penalty for Private
Use” printed on the mail.
PHILATELY—The collection and study of postage stamp and postal stationary for pleasure and profit.
POSTAGE METER—A mechanical or electromechanical device that can print one or more
denominations of an authorized postage indicia.
It is available for lease only from designated
manufactures.
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