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    What does the US Postal Service ultimately do with dead letters?

    Question #66279. Asked by Babba06. (May 28 06 3:44 PM)


    zbeckabee

    The United States Postal Service started a dead letter office in 1825 to deal with undeliverable mail. Approximately 57 million items end up in this office every year, where enclosed items of value are removed and the correspondence is destroyed. When enclosed items are deemed to be of obviously exceptional value, efforts may be made to return them to the sender. Items of value that cannot be returned are sold at auction. Except for pornography and firearms, everything that can be lost in the mail is included at auction. The auctions also occasionally include items seized by postal inspectors and property being retired from postal service.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_letter_office



    May 28 06, 4:24 PM


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