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Free postage.

Postage rate.

PUBLIC LAW 87-793-OCT. 11, 1962

[76 STAT.

"§ 4653. Publications for blind persons " (a) The following matter may be mailed free of postage— "(1) books, pamphlets, and other reading matter, including pages thereof: " (A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsaving-size type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; " (B) in packages not exceeding the weight prescribed by the Postmaster General; " (C) containing no advertising or other matter whatsoever; " (D) unsealed; " (E) sent— " (i) by an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, as a loan to blind readers, or when returned by the blind reader to the lender; or "(ii) to a blind person without cost to the blind person; or "(iii) to an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, to be furnished to a blind person without cost to such blind person. "(2) magazines, periodicals, and other regularly issued publications: " (A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsaving-size type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; " (B) containing no advertising; " (C) for which no subscription fee is charged. " (b) There may be mailed at the rate of postage of 1 cent for each pound or fraction thereof— "(1) books, pamphlets, and other reading matter, including pages thereof: " (A) published (whether prepared by hand, or printed) either in raised characters or in sightsaving-size type, or in the form of sound recordings, for use of blind persons; " (B) in packages not exceeding the weight prescribed by the Postmaster General; " (C) containing no advertising or other matter whatsoever; " (D) unsealed; " (E) sent— " (i) by an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, on a rental Ijasis to blind readers, or when returned by the blind reader to such organizations, at a price not greater than the cost price thereof; or "(ii) to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof; or "(iii) to an institution, agency, publisher, organization, or association (including a library or school and including organizations or associations of or for blind people), not conducted for private profit, to be furnished

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