We do "fre matter" mailings from my office, large print for the most 
part and they usually arrive the next day, as good as first 
class.  Before I learned that I also thought that free matter went 
with the magazines and advertising!
Pat, K9JAUAt 02:33 AM 9/11/2012, you wrote:
>is there an actual definition somewhere of what can be considered as free
>matter for the blind?
>I always kind of considered it to be the slowest method of sending something
>for free too, or from a blind person.
>Regardless of the package contents...though the braille or large print thing
>seems sensible.
>I've received quite a number of packages sent via free matter for the blind
>that were certainly not braille or print materials lol.
>Hey, if the chinese can mark "toy" on their radios when they send them to
>north america, then I'm sure one can pretty easily send a keyer via free
>matter.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:06 PM
>Subject: Re: Old keyer available
>
>
> > Well shucks Steve, if I put braille on the outside, who's gonna
> > know? Anyway, it wouldn't cost that much to ship the thing.  I
> > wondered who would catch me on my lose interpretation of the Free
> > Matter deal! Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:18:10 -0400
> > Subject: Re: Old keyer available
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > You can't send that keyer Free Matter; it has nothing to do with
> > blindness.
> > Free Matter only applies to braille or print, and possibly to
> > some
> > authorized devices such as NLS equipment, but definitely not to
> > that keyer.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
> > To: <[log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 20:01
> > Subject: Old keyer available
> >
> >
> > Hi list, I have an old Curtis keyer circa 1973 or so.  I would
> > like to trade it for something but I don't know what.  The thing
> > works fine on either AC or a 9 VDC battery, not included.  Also
> > am not including a paddle or straight key.  The keyer works
> > great
> > and I also put a 1/8 inch audio jack in the top so you can
> > connect it to another speaker or whatever else you might want.
> > If interested, contact me off list [log in to unmask] I
> > should be able to send it free matter because it's a
> > communications device.  73, Jim WA6EKS