Reading Room Document

Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 1721 to Collection of Fee for Stamped Cards

The Postal Service may charge a fee for stamped cards in addition to the face value of the postage without violating 18 U.S.C. § 1721. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19576/download.

January 7, 1999