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National Change of Address (NCOA) An address correction service that the USPS provides to mailers through USPS licensees. The licensees match mailing lists submitted to them on tape or disk against change-ofaddress information for the entire country from all Computerized Forwarding System units. If a match is made, NCOA can correct the address before it is printed on a mailpiece.
Nonmachinable outside (NMO) A parcel or mailpiece that, because of size, weight, or other characteristic, cannot be sorted by mechanized mail processing equipment and must be handled manually. The parcel is called an outside because it cannot be placed in a sack or other mailing container.
Nonmachinable surcharge A surcharge on some First- Class Mail, Standard Mail, and Parcel Post pieces that have physical characteristics that prevent the pieces from being processed on automated equipment. Characteristics that make a piece nonmachinable include weight, rigidity, and uneven thickness.
Nonmachinable The inability of a mailpiece to be sorted on mail processing equipment because of size, shape, content, or address legibility. Such mail must be processed manually and could be subject to a surcharge.
Nonmailable articles and substances Anything that, by statute, “may kill or injure another, or injure the mails or other property.” There are some exceptions to this rule that allow otherwise unmailable items to be mailed.
Nonprofit rate A preferred rate for a Periodicals publisher authorized to mail as a nonprofit organization.
Nonprofit Standard Mail A subclass of Standard Mail that is available only to qualified organizations specified by U.S. statute.
NTSC National Television Systems Committee The color television standard to the United States, Japan, Canada and Mexico, Taiwan and others. European and South American countries have generally used another standard known as PAL.