Improve Direct Mail with USPS Picture Permit Imprint Indicia

As a new offering by the USPS, Picture Permit Imprint Indicia allows commercial mailers to creatively add value to their mailpiece by customizing permit indicia by incorporating a logo, picture, trademarked brand, or other image along with required information. Utilizing this new offering allows your company to gain immediate recognition of  logos, products, promotions, and brands; ultimately improving the overall effectiveness of mailing campaigns.

According to the US Postal Service, the benefits of Picture Permit Imprint Indicia include:

• A boost in mailpiece visibility, value, and open rate
• Heightened brand awareness
• An enhanced mailpiece by making use of prime “real estate” in indicia area to attract more “eye-balls”
• Increased promotion of company products and services

Requirements

Currently, this offering is available for presort First-Class Mail® and Standard Mail® letters and cards. The extra fee for Picture Permit First-Class Mail letters and cards is 1 cent per piece and for Standard Mail letters and cards, the fee is 2 cents per piece.

• Business-themed images, such as corporate logos, trademarked brands, photographs, other graphics
• Color images only
• Full-service automation Intelligent Mail® barcode
• Nominal per piece fee in addition to postage
• Application, design approval, and sampling in advance

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Resources
Picture Permit Imprint Indicia Requirements
Picture Permit Imprint Indicia Fact Sheet
Picture Permit Imprint Indicia Template
Mailing Permit (PS Form 3615)

Source:USPS.com, Picture Permit Imprint Indicia