Metered reply mail - Citizendia

Metered reply mail, or MRM, is a type of mail in which a business sends pre-printed, self-addressed envelopes or postcards to customers, with postage prepaid on the envelopes or postcards with a postage meter. A postage meter is an electro-mechanical device for producing evidence of Postage. ^[1] It is thus similar to courtesy reply mail with a postage stamp already affixed. Courtesy reply mail or CRM is a type of mail in which a business sends pre-printed self-addressed Envelopes or Postcards to customers who then affix A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services

Metered reply mail differs from business reply mail in the manner of payment of postage, namely, by the postage meter indicia when the mail is sent, rather than by the permit holder when the mail is received. Freepost is a postal service provided by various Postal administrations whereby a person sends Mail without affixing Postage, and the recipient pays the

In the United States, the United States Postal Service specifies that the envelopes or postcards for metered reply mail should be printed with a FIM A code. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Facing Identification Mark or FIM is a Bar code designed by the United States Postal Service to assist in the automated processing of Mail

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^ "Encouraging Customers to Reply", from the USPS

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