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title: "39 U.S.C. § 3405"
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title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
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chapter_name: "ARMED FORCES AND FREE POSTAGE"
section: "3405"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 3405"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 3405 - Markings

## Text

All matter relating to blind or other handicapped persons mailed under section 3403 or 3404 of this title, shall bear the words “Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped”, or words to that effect specified by the Postal Service, in the upper right-hand corner of the address area.

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 758.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.