Arrow (Philatelic) On some sheets of stamps, V-shaped marks in the selvage that guide in the cutting of the sheets…
Army Post Office APO A branch of a designated USPS civilian Post Office, under the jurisdiction of the postmaster of…
A Remettre En Main Propre (French) An endorsement used for international restricted delivery. The piece is marked A REMETTRE EN…
Area Update A hardcopy publication that is mailed each quarter to employees. It focuses on area and national business and…
Area Strategic Account A designation for a business or organization that generates large postal revenue with high mail volumes; presents…
Area Distribution Center Price (ADC Price) (1) A price category available for some presorted mail prepared at the ADC presort…
Area Distribution Center (ADC) A mail processing facility that receives and distributes mail destined for specific ZIP Code ranges. An…
Area An administrative field unit headed by an area vice president and divided into customer service support, operations support, finance,…
Appropriation Public funds set aside by Congress as reimbursement for USPS costs for performing certain purposes. USPS is authorized to…
Application Program Interface (API) Communicates POS ONE applications with USPS information systems as well as with specific service providers such…