Glossary of postal terms. 2014.
facer-canceler — Mail processing equipment that automatically faces letter size mail in a uniform orientation and cancels the postage stamps. (Also see canceling machine, facing identification mark, postmarking stamp, roller canceler, and tagging) (Called… … Glossary of postal terms
AFC — advanced facer canceler (AFC) A machine that faces, cancels, and sorts incoming letter size mail to one of seven stackers (bins). Depending on the type of mail, the sorted letters are taken to an optical character reader, barcode sorter, or… … Glossary of postal terms
United States Postal Service — This article is about the government agency. For individual post offices, see U.S. Post Office (disambiguation). For the cycling team, see Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. USPS redirects here. For the non profit boating safety and education… … Wikipedia
postal system — System that allows persons to send letters, parcels, or packages to addressees in the same country or abroad. Postal systems are usually government run and paid for by a combination of user charges and government subsidies. There are early… … Universalium
