Payment of Postage

Shippers must affix postage payment at the applicable rates to each individual mailpiece by the use of meter postage. (The Postal Service will give careful consideration to other methods of payment on advance request by the shipper.) The Postal Service will perform verification of postage at the time of acceptance - it may review several pieces or the entire pallet for appropriate payment and accuracy of postage.

To participate in the Alaska bypass program, shippers must license meters in Anchorage if they will enter mail at that office, or in Fairbanks if they will enter mail at that office. This requirement is necessary to ensure postal revenue is credited to the entry office.

The following table lists the personnel shippers that should contact with various questions concerning the licensing and refilling of meters: