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39 CFR § 501.9 - Demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems. 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s501.9"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 501.9 - Demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "501.9"
section_name: "Demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "POSTAGE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "501"
part_name: "AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410, 2601, 2605; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 65733, Nov. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "501"
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# 501.9 Demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems.

(a) A demonstration or test postage evidencing system is any system that produces an image that replicates a postage indicium for which the Postal Service has not received payment for postage. The following procedures must be followed to implement controls over demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems:

(1) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System may print only specimen or test indicia. A specimen or test indicia must clearly indicate that the indicia does not represent valid postage.

(2) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must be recorded as such on internal provider inventory records and must be tracked by model number, serial number, and physical location.

(3) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must remain under the provider's direct control. A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System may not be left in the possession of a customer under any circumstance.

(b) All indicia printed by a demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must be collected and destroyed daily.