Lose the mail loss report: PS Form 1510 is obsolete

June 1, 2007, marked a historic milestone for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service — make that the entire Postal Service — when PS Form 1510, Mail Loss and Rifling Report, became obsolete. PS Form 1510 was in use for at least 114 years.

The earliest known refer­ence to PS Form 1510 was in an 1893 edition of Postal Laws and Regulations, a precursor to the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual. The “Chief Post Office Inspector,” as the position was then known, was the originator of the form.

Post Offices should destroy all PS Forms 1510 currently in stock. Customers who wish to report suspected mail theft or rifling now should call 1-800-ASK-USPS or go to the Postal Inspection Service’s Web site and enter the information online at www.usps.com/postalinspectors.