[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR501.9]

[Page 165]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 501_AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE
 
Sec.  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.