[Boatanchors] CQ Magazines

[Donald Chester]

Per USPS:

"Media Mail packages may not contain advertising. Comic books do not meet this standard. Books may contain incidental announcements of other books and sound recordings may contain incidental announcements of other sound recordings. In accordance with standards in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), Section 170, Media Mail packages must have a delivery address and the sender’s return address and are subject to inspection by the Postal Service™. Upon such inspection, matter not eligible for the Media Mail rate may be assessed at the proper price and sent to the recipient postage due, or the sender may be contacted for additional postage."

Simply send them via media mail, and notify the recipient that there may be postage due.  If so, the recipient or the sender pays the additional charge.  

USPS probably doesn't make an exception for out-of-date ads because of the extra time and effort that would be required to determine whether or not the ads are really out of date.  How many P.O. employees would have a clue what a DX-100 is, whether it is still in production, or who Heathkit was?  Government agencies like one-size-fits-all regulations because they think it makes less work for them.  To wit the pee-e-pee AM power nonsense.

Don k4kyv