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ContentsCOVER STORYEvery Door Direct Mail: The New “Enhanced”
Online Mapping Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PUBLICITY KIT: EARTHSCAPES STAMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND FORMS UPDATES
ManualsDMM Revision: Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion . . . . . . 17DMM Revision and Reminder: Periodicals —
Recognition of Distribution of Periodicals via Electronic Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DMM Revision: Package Intercept — Extra Services . . . . . . 21DMM Revision: Revised Eligibility Criteria for
Parcel Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43IMM Revision: Postage Payment Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
HandbooksHandbook AS-353 Revision: Two New Mail
Information Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PublicationsPublication 75, Mover’s Guide, News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Publication 431 Revision: Changes to Post
Office Box Service and Caller Service Fee Groups . . . . . . 47
ORGANIZATION INFORMATIONCorporate CommunicationsThe Postal Service Brand: Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mailing and Shipping ServicesMail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
RetailStop Sending Copies of PS Form 8176,
Premium Forwarding Service Application, to Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Stamp ServicesPostmark America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Updates: Four Flags Stamp and Earthscapes Stamps . . . . . 50Pictorial Postmarks Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color
or Traditional Postmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SustainabilityConvert Post Office Lobby Waste Receptacles
to Recycling Receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Built-in Cabinetry Recycling Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
USPS.comWhat’s New on USPS.com? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
PULL-OUT INFORMATIONFraudDomestic Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account Numbers . . . . . . . . 24Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms . . . . . . . . 26Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order Forms . . . . 32Verifying U.S. Postal Service Money Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian
Money Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Other InformationOverseas Military/Diplomatic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Postal Bulletin IndexSemi-Annual Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PB 22341 (7-12-12)
USPS National Emergency Hotline Is your facility operating? Call 888-363-7462
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Cover StoryEvery Door Direct Mail: The New “Enhanced” Online Mapping Tool
A new, improved Every Door Direct Mail® online map-ping tool at USPS.com® makes it easier for businesses to reach the customers that matter most to them.
With Every Door Direct Mail, businesses can get their messages into the homes and hands of everyone in their targeted areas without the need for names or street addresses. They identify the neighborhoods to target with the Every Door Direct Mail online mapping tool. It’s really that easy.
The tool guides businesses through their Every Door Direct Mail mailing from start to finish. The Postal Service™has recently upgraded the tool, giving it a new look and feel and making these improvements:
Easier to view and select target area by routes.
Improved search functionality.
Mailings can be created up to 30 days in advance of the mailing date.
Retail customers can pay online.
Customers can get started today at www.usps.com/everydoordirectmail.
Postal employees can find service talks and additional infor-mation on the Customer Services Operations & Retail page at http://blue.usps.gov/customerservicesoperationsandretail/productsandservices/consumerproducts/every_door_direct.shtml.
— Digital Access, Channel Access, 9-20-12
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Publicity Kit: Earthscapes Stamps
To kickoff October as National Stamp Collecting month, the Postal Service™ will issue the Earthscapes Forever®
stamps on October 1, 2012, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington, DC. Postmasters are encouraged to conduct special dedications ceremonies — especially near stamp subject locations and where the photographers reside.
Inviting the photographers to participate in an event is a tremendous media draw. Contact photographers unable to attend events for the backstory on the stamp before pitching them to local media as a phone interview to add value to the event’s news coverage. Corporate Communications area managers are available to assist in publicizing activities.
This publicity kit includes the following:
Earthscapes stamps, photographer, and location background.
Sample media advisory.
Sample news release.
Sample speech.
Contacts for obtaining stamp images for use in events.
Corporate Communications area managers listing for assistance in contacting media.
Government Relations contact listing for assistance in inviting elected officials.
Earthscapes Forever Stamps and Photographer Background
The stamp pane features 15 stamps in three rows of five. The top row shows five examples of natural earth-scapes. The middle row focuses on a wide range of agricul-tural earthscapes. The bottom row shows urban earthscapes. In all cases, art director Howard Paine chose photographs to showcase designs, patterns, and geo-graphic diversity.
The Earthscapes Forever stamps allow customers an opportunity to see the world in a new way. This stamp pane presents examples of three categories of earthscapes: nat-ural, agricultural, and urban. The photographs were all cre-ated high above the planet’s surface, either snapped by “eyes in the sky” — satellites orbiting the Earth — or care-fully composed by photographers in aircraft.
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In the top row, we fly over America’s stunning wilder-ness. While a volcanic eruption scars the forests of Wash-ington State, fog drifts over the timeless sandstone towers of Utah’s Monument Valley. In Alaska, a wide stripe that looks like a highway is actually a glacier, an immense con-veyer belt of ice. At its base, jagged white shards resem-bling broken glass are really icebergs, bobbing in a lake.
The stamps in the center row may look like abstract art, but they show five products being gathered, grown, or har-vested: salt, timber, grain, cherries, and cranberries. Cen-ter-pivot irrigation systems create geometric shapes in the middle stamp — although bystanders on the ground might see only sprinklers in fields of wheat, alfalfa, corn, and soy-beans.
In the bottom row, urban life takes center stage. High-ways corkscrew around themselves and neat subdivisions sport tiny blue pools. It’s our familiar world, shrunken into miniature — with a fresh perspective.
Art director Howard E. Paine designed this educational and visually rich pane of stamps.
The Earthscapes stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class® Mail 1-ounce rate.
The stamps are given below in alphabetical order by state for the stamp location and the photogrpher’s resi-dence for the purpose of generating news interest.
State City/Location Stamp BackgroundAK Great Bear Glacier Ice breaks from the foot of Alaska’s Bear Glacier and becomes
icebergs in a lake. Dirt and rocks picked up by the glacier when it moves downhill can be seen at the edges and center of the glacier and in some of the bergs. The image was captured by the IKONOS satellite.
Media Contact: Media Imagery Requests Valerie (Val) Webb Manager, Corporate Communications GeoEye 303-254-2120 [email protected]
Interview Requests Kelley McCormick Gibraltar Associates for GeoEye 202-534-1718 [email protected]
CA Near San Francisco Salt is harvested from seawater in evaporation ponds near San Francisco, California. As natural evaporation occurs, salinity levels increase and the concentrations of algae and other microorganisms in the water change, causing the ponds to take on vivid colors. Photo by Barrie Rokeach of Berkeley, CA, 510-527-9470 or 501-918-0809, [email protected]
CO Pueblo Residence of photographer Jim Wark, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
FL Miami In Miami, Interstate Highways 95 and 395 converge in a carefully engineered, multi-level interchange. Off-and-on-ramps convey traffic from one level to another and from one interstate to another at this intricate urban “crossroads.” Stock house photo; unable to locate the name of the photographer.
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ID “Islands” of wood — log rafts made up of harvested timber — travel by water toward an Idaho mill for processing. This older method of transport has largely died out. Today the timber industry relies on rail and roads to transport trees and tree products from forests to sawmills. Circa 2005 photo taken in Idaho by Tom Brakefield of Hendersonville, TN, 615-822-9477, [email protected]. Brakefield was as a passenger in an ultra-light aircraft. He encountered steep canyons and strong winds when taking this picture.
KS Circular patterns on Kansas cropland show center-pivot sprinkler systems have been at work. Red circles indicate healthy, irrigated crops; lighter circles represent harvested crops. Corn, wheat, alfalfa, soybeans, and grain sorghum account for most of the irrigated acreage in Kansas. The stamp art is a detail of an image captured by NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite. Image captured by NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite
MA Near Carber A Massachusetts cranberry bog holds a bounty of ripe red fruit. During the fall harvest, growers flood bogs, then mechanically churn the water to dislodge cranberries from their low-lying vines. They round up the floating fruit with booms, and convey it to receiving stations for cleaning. Photo by Steve Dunwell of Boston, MA, 617-423-4916, [email protected]
MD Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore south of Cambridge
A shallow creek winds through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Rich tidal marsh makes up much of the refuge’s more than 25,000 acres, forming a haven for fox squirrels and bald eagles, and a stopping-off point for ducks and geese migrating along the Atlantic Flyway. Photo by Cameron Davidson of Alexandria, VA, 703-845-0547, [email protected], [email protected]
MI Park Rapids Residence of photographer Richard Hamilton Smith of Park Rapids, MI, 218-732-2600, [email protected]
NV Suburbia in Clark County
Suburbia in Clark County, NV —the state’s most populous county — provides a maze of pavement, sidewalks, and single-family homes. In this desert development, swimming pools and clumps of trees provide some relief from the heat of summer. Stock house photo; photographer contact unavailable.
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NY West End Towers apartment complex at 75 West End Avenue, New York, NY
Endless rows of balconies and windows dot the Manhattan cityscape. In this detail of a photograph, the camera’s telephoto lens compresses the distance between the towers of a high-rise. Photo by Jim Wark of Pueblo, CO, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
PA Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton
Early 20th-century steam locomotives undergo maintenance inside the restored railroad roundhouse and museum. A turntable turns locomotives around and provides access to the roundhouse service stalls. Photo by Jim Wark of Pueblo, CO, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
TN Henderson Residence of photographer Tom Brakefield, 615-822-9477, [email protected]. Brakefield was as a passenger in an ultra-light aircraft. He encountered steep canyons and strong winds.
TX Houston A pair of towboats “wrangle” commercial barges in the Old River barge fleeting area near the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. The channel allows access from the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Houston, a major industrial center. The photograph of the Apollo (top) and Taurus (bottom, formerly named Marie Cenac) was taken by Jim Wark of Pueblo, CO, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
UT Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in southeastern Utah
Fog rolls in and around Stagecoach butte, one of the many red sandstone formations rising from the floor of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in southeastern Utah. Snow dusts the rugged crest of the butte. Photo by Jim Wark of Pueblo, CO, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
VA Alexandria Residence of photographer Cameron Davidson, 703-845-0547, [email protected], [email protected]
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WA Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens and its surrounding area continue to recover from the explosive eruption of May 1980. Shades of white and gray indicate still-bare slopes; dark “rivers” are deep channels cut by fast-moving flows of hot ash, rock, and gas. Green represents regrowth of vegetation. The image was captured by NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite. NASA media contact: Rani “Ronnie” Gran, 301-286-2483, [email protected]
WI Door County Spring is cherry blossom time, and at this cherry orchard in Door County, WI, every tree seems to be in bloom. Door County is known for its tart red cherries, usually harvested from about mid-July to mid-August. Photo by Richard Hamilton Smith of Park Rapids, MI, 218-732-2600, [email protected]
WY Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park
At the center of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, water temperatures reach nearly 190 degrees — too hot to support most life — but along the edges of the pool, bacteria and algae can thrive, as indicated by the colorful pigments and mats they produce. Photo by Jim Wark of Pueblo, CO, 719-545-1051, [email protected]
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Sample Media Advisory
Contact: [NAME] [PHONE]
[email protected] www.usps.com/news
[Name] Post Office Dedicates Earthscapes Forever Stamps[Optional: Local Photographer’s Work Immortalized on Stamp]
High-resolution images of the stamps are available for media use only by [email protected]
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WHAT: Special dedication ceremony for the Earthscapes Forever stamps. The event is free and open to the public.
WHEN: [Time, Day, Date]
WHERE: [Location Name] [Street Address] [City, State ZIP+4]
WHO: [Title, Name] [Title, Name]
BACKGROUND: The Postal Service kicks off October as National Stamp Collecting Month by issuing the Earthscapes Forever stamps. Depicting America’s diverse landscapes on photos taken from ultra-lights to satellites, the stamps provide a view of the nation’s diverse landscapes in a whole new way — from several hundred feet in the sky to several hun-dred miles in space.
[Additional background on event and or attendees if deemed newsworthy, i.e., stamp photographer, etc.]
# # #
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of post-age, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most fre-quently visited website in the federal government, USPS.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service was ranked number one in overall service performance, out of the posts of the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world, by Oxford Strategic Consulting. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
Follow the Postal Service at www.twitter.com/USPS and at www.facebook.com/USPS.
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Sample News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [NAME] [DATE] XXX-XXX-XXXX
[email protected] www.usps.com/news
Aerial, Satellite Photos, Highlight Earthscapes Forever Stamps[Optional: Local Stamp Photographer Joins in Launching National Stamp Collecting Month]
To obtain a high-resolution image of the stamp for media use only, email [email protected].
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[City, State] — The [Name] Post Office celebrated October as National Stamp Collecting Month with a special dedication ceremony of the Earthscapes Forever stamps that put attendees on cloud nine. [Optional: Highlighting the event were remarks from Earthscapes stamp photographer [NAME] who gave the back story on his iconic photograph.”]
“The Earthscapes Forever stamps depict America’s diverse landscapes on photos taken from ultra-lights to satellites,” said [Town Name] Postmaster [Name]. “The stamps provide a view of the nation’s diverse landscapes in a whole new way — from several hundred feet in the sky to several hundred miles in space. [Optional: And we’re excited to have [Name] here to share his story on how he took this inspiring photo and his job as an aerial photographer.”]
Joining [Name] in dedicating the stamps were [title, name]; [Title, Name], etc.
[Quote from photographer or other officials here.]
Natural, Agricultural and Urban Perspectives
This stamp pane presents examples of three categories of earthscapes: natural, agricultural and urban. The photographs were all created high above the planet’s surface, either snapped by “eyes in the sky” — satellites orbiting the Earth — or carefully composed by photographers in aircraft.
In the top row, we fly over America’s stunning wilderness. While a volcanic eruption scars the for-ests of Washington State, fog drifts over the timeless sandstone towers of Utah’s Monument Valley. In Alaska, a wide stripe that looks like a highway is actually a glacier, an immense conveyer belt of ice. At its base, jagged white shards resembling broken glass are really icebergs, bobbing in a lake.
The stamps in the center row may look like abstract art, but they show five products being gathered, grown or harvested: salt, timber, grain, cherries and cranberries. In the middle stamp, center-pivot irrigation systems create geometric shapes — although bystanders on the ground might see only sprinklers in fields of wheat, alfalfa, corn and soybeans.
In the bottom row, urban life takes center stage. Highways corkscrew around themselves and neat subdivisions sport tiny blue pools. It’s our familiar world, shrunken into miniature — and seen with the new eyes that a fresh perspective can bring.
From the power and glory of nature to the interaction of people with the land — in both agricultural and urban settings — each stamp, within its limited amount of space, represents only a fragment of a geographical area, which may or may not be typical of a particular region.
Art director Howard E. Paine designed this educational and visually rich pane of stamps.
Customers may view the Earthscapes Forever stamps, as well as many of this year’s other stamps, indicate which stamps they like and vote for their favorite stamp on Facebook at www.facebook.com/USPSSTAMPS, through Twitter at www.twitter.com/USPSstamps or on the website Beyond the Perf at http://www.beyondtheperf.com/2012-preview. Beyond the Perf is the Postal Service’s online site for background information on upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other phila-telic news.
How to Obtain the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at a local Post Office, at The Postal Store website at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others and place them in larger envelopes addressed to:
Earthscapes Stamps Postmaster 7600 Ora Glen Drive Greenbelt, MD 20770-9998
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by Dec. 2, 2012.
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How to Order First-Day Covers
The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic Catalog, online at www.usps.com/shop or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:
U.S. Postal Service Catalog Request PO Box 219014 Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
Philatelic Products
There are 11 philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
470162, First-Day Cover (Full Pane), $9.25.
470163, First-Day Cover Set of 15, $13.35.
470164, First-Day Cancelled (Full Pane), $9.25.
470168, Digital Color Postmark Set of 15, $24.00.
470177, Jigsaw Puzzle (includes Earthscapes stamp sheet), $17.95.
470184, Press Sheet (without die cut), $60.75. (print quantity of 2,500)
470191, Ceremony Program (random single), $6.95.
470192, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
470194, Stamp Deck Card w/Digital Color Postmark (DCP) (random single), $1.95.
470197, Commemorative Stamp Panel, $16.95.
470199, Cancellation Keepsake (random DCP w/Pane), $8.95.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at http://about.usps.com/news/welcome.htm.
For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, go to http://about.usps.com/news/media-contacts/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its oper-ations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, USPS.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service perfor-mance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business mag-azines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
Follow the Postal Service at www.twitter.com/USPSstamps and at www.facebook.com/USPSSTAMPS.
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Sample Speech
[Postal Service official’s name and title]United States Postal Service
EarthscapesSpecial Dedication Ceremony
[Date][City, State]
Good [Morning/Afternoon/Evening]. My name is [Name] and I’m [Title] for the United States Postal Service. Welcome to this event.
or:
Thank you, [Name], for your kind introduction. And thank you all for joining us for this event. [Optional: Add a brief comment about how this location relates to the Earthscapes stamps]
I also want to thank our special guests for joining us in [City/Town/Type of Setting].
In particular, I’m glad that our good friend(s) [Name of Elected Official] is here, along with [Other Indi-viduals Who Should Be Recognized].
We’re here today to dedicate a new pane of stamps that celebrate the wonders of the American terrain.
Our new pane of 15 Earthscapes stamps offer a bird’s eye view of the land we all share.
Each stamp’s unique perspective makes it a window into a world most of us never get to see.
[From the list of 15 bullet points below, choose a few examples. If any of these examples are rele-vant to your area, you might want to start there.]
One Earthscapes stamp depicts a Yellowstone National Park geothermal spring where the temperatures reach almost 190 degrees, making it too hot for humans. But that doesn’t mean it’s lifeless. As we look at the image on the stamp, we see colorful pigments produced by bac-teria and algae, which thrive in environments like this.
One Earthscapes stamp shows a Northern California salt evaporation pond, where we see how rising salinity levels have transformed the microorganisms below the surface. The result is a series of vivid reds, pinks, and purples, framed by brilliant yellow.
We find artistry in the Earthscapes stamp that shows a high-rise apartment complex on Man-hattan’s Upper West Side. And when we say “complex,” we’re not kidding: This image offers an endless row of balconies and windows, all cast against a grid of yellow brick.
One Earthscapes stamp shows ice breaking from the foot of Alaska’s Bear Glacier and becoming icebergs in a lake. The result: streaks of white cast against a background of brilliant blues and deep earth tones.
In the Earthscapes stamp that depicts Mount Saint Helen in Washington State, we see how the area is still recovering from the eruption of 1980. Shades of white and gray indicate still-bare slopes, while flashes of green illustrate the re-growth of vegetation.
On one Earthscapes stamp, we see Stagecoach Butte, one of the many red sandstone for-mations rising from the floor of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in southeastern Utah. The fog rolling across the terrain lends this image an aura of mystery and natural intrigue.
The Earthscapes stamp that depicts the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore shows a shallow creek of deep blue water winding through bright green marshland. This is a haven for fox squirrels and bald eagles and a stopping-off point for ducks and geese migrating along the Atlantic Flyway.
Log rafts are seen floating their way to an Idaho sawmill on one of the Earthscapes stamps. This offers a window into the past because this method of transport has largely died out.
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Today, the timber industry relies on rail and roads to transport tree products from forests to sawmills.
The Earthscapes stamp that depicts circular patterns on Kansas cropland show where sprin-kler systems have been at work. Each circle tells a story: the red circles indicate healthy, irri-gated crops, while the lighter circles show crops that have been harvested.
A sure sign of springtime is seen in the Earthscapes stamp that shows a cherry orchard in Door County, Wisconsin. This area is known for its tart red cherries, and in this beautiful image, it seems as if every tree is in bloom.
One of the Earthscapes stamps looks like a mass of brilliant red, but look closely and you realize you’re looking at a cranberry bog. The image shows two growers rounding up the floating fruit during a fall harvest in Massachusetts.
On one of the Earthscapes stamps, we see a pair of towboats wrangling commercial barges in the Old River barge fleeting area near the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. In this image, the barges — cast in shades of red, green, and orange — pop against the deep blue background.
One of the Earthscapes stamps looks like a series of circles, colored in shades of orange and gray. Scrutinize it a little more closely and you discover you’re actually looking at a railroad roundhouse. The image, captured in Scranton, Pennsylvania, shows the giant turntable that is used to turn around early 20th century locomotives when they undergo maintenance.
Motorists in Miami may recognize one of the Earthscapes stamps, although they may have never seen it like this before. The image shows where Highways 95 and 395 converge in a carefully engineered, multi-level interchange. It’s an aerial view of one of America’s urban crossroads.
One of the Earthscapes stamps offers a unique look at suburbia. In the image, we see a maze of pavement, sidewalks, and single-family homes in Clark County, Nevada, the state’s most populous county. Look closely and you’ll also see the swimming pools and clumps of trees that provide summertime relief in this desert development.
Some of the pictures on the Earthscapes stamps were taken by satellites. These include NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite, which orbits the earth at an altitude of about 705 kilometers, or roughly 435 miles.
Other Earthscapes images were taken by photographers like Jim Wark, who contributed several pictures to this pane of stamps.
In addition to showcasing stunning photography, Earthscapes continues the Postal Service’s long tradition of portraying our environment on stamps.
For example, between 1999 and 2009, we offered Scenic American Landscapes stamps that depicted the Rio Grande, Yosemite National Park, and other natural landmarks.
Like those offerings, these new Earthscapes stamps depict nature at its best and signal the impor-tance of preserving our planet for future generations.
In that spirit, we’re offering the Earthscapes stamps as Forever stamps. They’ll always be good, no matter what the postage rate might be.
So we encourage customers like you to purchase these stamps and affix them to your cards, let-ters, and packages.
Because each time you do, you’ll help remind the world of the enduring beauty offered by the earth-scapes around us.
Thank you.
(Pause for applause)
Now, on behalf of the United States Postal Service, I want to invite everyone on stage to join me in dedicating the Earthscapes Forever stamps.
(Unveil stamp. Pose for photos.)
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Earthscapes Stamp Image ContactsFor image blowups for events: Maggie Kasper at Dodge
Chrome, [email protected], 240-247-1814.
For high-resolution images for media use only: [email protected].
Area Corporate Communications Managers
Capital MetroGeorge Maffett [email protected] 301-548-1465
EasternPaul Smith [email protected] 215-863-5055
Great LakesVictor Dubina [email protected] 216-443-4596
Pacific Don Smeraldi [email protected] 858-674-3149
NortheastMaureen Marion [email protected] 860-285-7029
SouthwestEarl Artis [email protected] 214-819-8704
WesternTeresa Rudkin [email protected] 303-313-5130
Congressional State Representative Listing202-268-xxxx
— Public Relations, Corporate Communications, 9-20-12
State Representative ExtensionAlabama Lambros Kapoulas 3739Alaska Mary Ann Simpson 3741American Samoa Mike Porter 7217Arizona Cathy Pagano 3427Arkansas Mike Porter 7217California Jim Cari 6029Connecticut Darrell Donnelly 6748Colorado David Coleman 3745Delaware Darrell Donnelly 6748District of Columbia Darrell Donnelly 6748Florida Lambros Kapoulas 3739Georgia Lambros Kapoulas 3739Guam Mike Porter 7217Hawaii David Coleman 3745Idaho David Coleman 3745Illinois Jeremy Simmons 7839Indiana Shaun Chang 7626Iowa Chatika Copeland 7505Kansas Chatika Copeland 7505Kentucky Shaun Chang 7626Louisiana Mike Porter 7217Maine Ekaterina Silina 6027Maryland Darrell Donnelly 6748Massachusetts Ekaterina Silina 6027Michigan Jeremy Simmons 7839Minnesota Chatika Copeland 7505Mississippi David Coleman 3745Missouri Shaun Chang 7626Montana David Coleman 3745Nebraska Chatika Copeland 7505Nevada David Coleman 3745New Hampshire Ekaterina Silina 6027New Jersey Darrell Donnelly 6748New Mexico Cathy Pagano 3427New York Ekaterina Silina 6027North Carolina Jason Lamote 3743North Dakota Chatika Copeland 7505Northern Marianna Islands Mike Porter 7217Ohio Tim Grilo 4387Oklahoma Mike Porter 7217Oregon David Coleman 3745Pennsylvania Tim Grilo 4387Puerto Rico Ekaterina Silina 6027Rhode Island Darrell Donnelly 6748South Carolina Jason Lamote 3743South Dakota Chatika Copeland 7505Tennessee Shaun Chang 7626Texas Mike Porter 7217Utah David Coleman 3745Vermont Ekaterina Silina 6027Virgin Islands Ekaterina Silina 6027Virginia Jason Lamote 3743Washington David Coleman 3745West Virginia Shaun Chang 7626Wisconsin Jeremy Simmons 7839Wyoming David Coleman 3745
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Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates
ManualsDMM Revision: Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion
Effective October 1, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 709.3 to add a new temporary Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion (“Promo-tion”), which will take place during November 2012 for Pre-sorted and automation First-Class Mail® cards, letters, and flats and Standard Mail® letters and flats containing two-dimensional mobile barcodes (“mobile barcode”) readable by consumer mobile devices. The term “mobile barcode” includes equivalent mobile technologies such as water-marks or tags.
The Promotion is designed to spur mobile purchasing by putting mailers’ mobile-optimized offers, coupons, and catalogs into the hands of customers for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday shopping timeframe. The new stan-dards will replace those for the Mobile Commerce and Per-sonalization Promotion, which have been in effect for the months of July and August 2012.
To be eligible, each mailpiece that is listed on a qualify-ing postage statement must have a mobile barcode on the outside of the piece or on the contents within the piece. When scanned, the mobile barcode must lead the recipient of the mailpiece to a mobile-optimized shopping website that allows the recipient to purchase an advertised product on the mobile device (the sale of services will not qualify). Directional text must be printed near the mobile barcode to instruct the recipient to scan the image. Mobile barcodes that direct consumers to web pages that allow them to pay for prior or future purchases or encourage enrollment in online bill payment or paperless statement services are not eligible for the Promotion. Mailpieces with mobile barcodes that convey postage information, destination, sender, or a machinable serial number for security purposes also are not eligible for the discount.
Discount and Rebate InformationThe Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion provides an
upfront price reduction of 2 percent on the eligible postage for qualifying mailpieces. Qualifying mailings are Presorted and automation mailings of First-Class Mail cards, letters, and flats and Standard Mail (including Nonprofit) letters and flats. Commingled, co-mailed, and combined mailings are allowed, but a separate postage statement is required for the mailpieces with mobile barcodes.
The price reduction will be taken off the eligible postage amount due at the time of mailing. The Promotion discount
does not apply to single-piece First-Class Mail pieces including residual single-piece First-Class Mail pieces claimed on a postage statement for Presorted and automa-tion mailings. The price reduction also does not apply to any Standard Mail residual pieces paying single-piece First-Class Mail prices.
Eligible mailings must be accompanied by electronic documentation, submitted via mail.dat, mail.xml, or Postal Wizard. The electronic documentation must identify the mail owner and mail preparer in the “by/for” fields for all mailings, either by the Customer Registration ID (CRID) or Mailer ID (MID) assigned by USPS®. Mailings of automation cards and letters, including Standard Mail letters (other than those with simplified addresses) claiming a carrier route automation letter price on a postage statement, or automation flats must have Intelligent Mail® barcodes. Mailpieces with POSTNET™ barcodes will not be eligible for the price reduction.
Mailers also may qualify for an additional 1 percent rebate on the pre-discount postage of their qualifying mailings if a portion of their orders is fulfilled via Priority Mail® between November 9, 2012, and December 31, 2012 (“fulfillment period”). Priority Mail packages must bear a unique track-able barcode (i.e., Delivery Confirmation™ barcode or Intel-ligent Mail package barcode). To claim the rebate, mailers will need to demonstrate that during the fulfillment period, the number of Priority Mail packages delivered to customers exceeded 0.5 percent (“package threshold”) of the total number of qualifying mailpieces sent during the “promotion period” (November 7, 2012, through November 21, 2012).
An example of the package threshold calculation is in the table below:
In the example above, if the mailer had sent 500 pack-ages or less via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation ser-vice during the fulfillment period, there would be no rebate. Rebate applications will be due to the program office no later than February 15, 2013. Any earned rebate will be deposited to the participant’s mailing postage payment account.
Promotion period — Discounted mail volume 100,000 piecesTotal postage prior to discount $21,0002% discount applied $420Total postage after discount applied $20,580Fulfillment threshold — 0.5% of discounted mail volume
500 packages
Actual number of packages fulfilled via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation (11/9–12/31)
1,225
Additional rebate earned $210
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Postage Payment Methods Postage payment methods will be restricted to permit
imprint, metered postage, or precancelled stamps. Pieces with metered postage must bear an exact amount of post-age as stipulated by the class and shape of mail. For First-Class Mail letters, the affixed values below are for the first 2 ounces only, and for First-Class Mail flats, for the first ounce only. Affixed postage values for metered mailings will be as follows:
First-Class Mail postcards $0.20
First-Class Mail automation and Presorted machinable letters $0.25
First-Class Mail nonmachinable letters $0.45
First-Class Mail automation and Presorted flats $0.35
Standard Mail Regular letters $0.12
Standard Mail Regular flats $0.13
Standard Mail Nonprofit letters $0.05
Standard Mail Nonprofit flats $0.06
Mailings with postage paid by metered or precancelled stamp postage will have the percentage discount deducted from the additional postage due, except for Value Added Refund mailings, which may include the amount of the dis-count with the amount to be refunded. The holiday mobile shopping promotion discount cannot be combined with other incentives, with the exception of the full-service Intel-ligent Mail barcode discount.
Promotion Dates and More InformationTo participate in the Promotion, customers must be reg-
istered on the Incentive Programs Service through the Busi-ness Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm and specify which permits and CRIDs will partici-pate in the Promotion. Registration opens September 15, 2012, and must be completed at least 2 hours prior to the first mailing. The Postal Service will implement the Promo-tion and temporary price reduction for mailings made on November 7, 2012, through November 21, 2012. Plant-veri-fied drop shipment (PVDS) mailings accepted no later than November 21, 2012, may be entered at destinations through December 6, 2012. Program requirements, including updated FAQs, are available on the RIBBS® website at https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=mobilebarcode or by email to [email protected].
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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[Revise the title of 3.0 as follows:]
3.0 Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion
3.1 Program Description and Scope
[Revise 3.1 as follows:]
The holiday mobile shopping promotion provides a 2 per-cent discount on the prices of Presorted and automation pieces in mailings of First-Class Mail cards, letters, and flats and Standard Mail (including Nonprofit) letters and flats that include a transactional two-dimensional mobile barcode and meet all the conditions in 3.0. The term “mobile barcode” also will include equivalent mobile tech-nologies, such as watermarks and tags, that meet all the conditions in 3.0. Automation pieces must bear Intelligent Mail barcodes. The promotion is valid for mailings entered from November 7, 2012, through November 21, 2012. Plant-verified drop shipment (PVDS) mailings meeting all relevant standards may be accepted at origin as late as November 21, 2012, if they are entered no later than December 6, 2012, at the destination facility. Mailers also may qualify for an additional 1 percent rebate on the post-age of their qualifying mailers under 3.3.
3.2 Eligibility Standards
[Revise 3.2 as follows:]
To be eligible for the 2 percent discount, customers must be registered for the promotion on the Incentive Programs Ser-vice through the Business Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm and specify which per-mits and CRIDs will participate in the promotion. Registra-tion opens September 15, 2012, and must be completed at least 2 hours prior to the first mailing. Mailpieces must be mailed under the following conditions:
a. The mobile barcode or similar image must be on each mailpiece, either on the outside or printed on the contents of the piece. Brief instructions or direc-tional copy must be printed near the mobile barcode to instruct the recipient to scan the barcode or image. See 3.4 for placement restrictions.
b. The mobile barcode must be readable by a mobile device and must lead to a mobile-optimized website. The mobile barcode must be relevant to the contents of the mailpiece. Scanning the barcode must lead the consumer to a webpage that allows the recipient to purchase an advertised product on the mobile de-vice. Barcodes with links that direct consumers to sites that allow purchase of a service or payment for prior or future purchases, or that encourage enroll-ment in online bill payment or paperless statement services are not eligible for the discount. Mailpieces
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with mobile barcodes that convey postage informa-tion, destination, sender, or a machinable serial num-ber for security purposes also are not eligible for the discount.
c. The mailpieces with mobile barcodes must be one of the following:
1. Presorted or automation First-Class Mail cards, letters, or flats. Automation pieces must bear Intelligent Mail barcodes.
2. Standard Mail (including Nonprofit) letters or flats. Automation pieces must bear Intelligent Mail bar-codes.
d. Postage must be paid by permit imprint or by affixing metered postage or a precanceled stamp to each piece of mail; the postage statement and mailing documentation must be submitted electronically. The mail owner’s identity must be indicated in the elec-tronic documentation (“eDoc”). The eDoc must iden-tify the mail owner and mail preparer in the by/for fields, either by Customer Registration ID (CRID) or Mailer ID (MID) assigned by the USPS. All Presorted and automation pieces declared on a postage state-ment must contain a mobile barcode that qualifies for the discount.
e. At the time of mailing, mailers must provide the USPS acceptance unit with an unaddressed sample of the mailpiece that contains a mobile barcode. Mailers also must retain, until February 15, 2013, a sample of each mailpiece claiming a discount.
f. Other than a full-service Intelligent Mail discount (see 705.24), no other incentives apply for mailpieces claiming a discount under this promotion.
g. Participants must agree to participate in a survey con-ducted either during or after the promotional period.
h. Federal government official mailings under OMAS are not eligible for this promotion.
i. The electronic equivalent of the mailer’s signature on the postage statement will certify that each mailpiece claimed on the postage statement contains a qualify-ing mobile barcode.
[Revise the heading and text of 3.3 as follows:]
3.3 Discounts
Mailers must claim the 2 percent postage discount on the postage statement at the time the statement is electroni-cally submitted. Mailings with postage affixed will deduct
the discount amount from the additional postage due, except that mail service providers authorized to submit Value Added Refund (“VAR”) mailings may include the dis-count in the amount to be refunded. Pieces with metered postage must bear an exact amount of postage as stipu-lated by the class and shape of mail. Affixed postage val-ues for metered mailings may be found in the Federal Register notice preamble available at http://pe.usps.com. Provisions for additional postage for First-Class Mail pieces over 1 ounce are in 234.2.2a and 334.2.2a, and in 244.2.2 and 344.2.2 for Standard Mail pieces over 3.3 ounces. Mailers may also qualify for an additional 1 percent rebate on the postage of their qualifying mailpieces if a por-tion of their orders is fulfilled via Priority Mail between November 9, 2012, and December 31, 2012 (fulfillment period). To claim the rebate, mailers will need to demon-strate that during the fulfillment period, the number of Pri-ority Mail packages (sent with a unique trackable barcode, such as Delivery Confirmation or Intelligent Mail package barcode) delivered to customers exceeded 0.5 percent of the total number of qualifying mailpieces mailed from November 7, 2012, through November 21, 2012.
[Add new 3.4 as follows:]
3.4 Mobile Barcode Placement
The mobile barcode cannot be placed on a detached address label (DAL or DML) or card that is not attached to the mailpiece. The mobile barcode cannot be placed in the (postage) indicia zone or the (Intelligent Mail) barcode clear zone on the outside of the mailpiece. For letters, the bar-code clear zone is defined in 202.5.1. For flats, the barcode clear zone for this purpose is the barcode itself and an area that extends an additional 1/8 inch from any part of the bar-code. The indicia zone is defined as follows:
a. The postage “indicia zone” is 2 inches from the top edge by 4 inches from the right edge of the mailpiece;
b. When the postage indicium is not in the area de-scribed in 3.4a, the mobile barcode must not be placed within 2 inches of the actual postage indicium.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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DMM Revision and Reminder: Periodicals — Recognition of Distribution of Periodicals via Electronic Copies
On May 9, 2012, the Postal Service™ revised the Mail-ing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domes-tic Mail Manual (DMM®) 707.6 to recognize electronic fulfillment as a legitimate means of distribution of copies of Periodicals publications to subscribers and requesters. Electronic copies meeting of all the conditions for eligibility may be reported as legitimate circulation for the 2012 reporting period ending September 30, 2012.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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707 Periodicals
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6.0 Qualification Categories
6.1 General Publications
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6.1.2 Circulation Standards
General publications must meet these circulation standards:
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[Add a new second sentence in f as follows:]
f. ***(For explanation of how electronic copies may be included, see 6.5.)***
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6.4 Requester Publications
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6.4.2 Circulation Standards
Requester publications must meet these circulation stan-dards:
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[Revise item b as follows:]
b. Subscription copies of the publications that are paid for or promised to be paid for, including those at or below a nominal price, may be included in the deter-
mination of whether the 50% request requirement is met. (For explanation of how electronic copies may be included, see 6.5.)
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[Renumber current 6.5 through 6.6 as new 6.6 through 6.7 and add new 6.5 as follows:]
6.5 Electronic Copies
Copies of Periodicals publications distributed through email or by accessing a password-protected website may be counted toward an approved or pending general or requester publication’s eligibility for Periodicals prices. The following conditions additionally apply:
a. Electronic copies that may be counted toward a pub-lication’s eligibility for Periodicals prices:
1. Must be paid at a price above nominal rate for publications approved in the General category; or
2. Must be requested in writing or by electronic cor-respondence for publications approved in the Requester category.
b. Electronic copies of a Periodicals publication for which access is offered free in conjunction with print-ed copies of the same issues may not be counted when determining total circulation for the publication.
c. At least 40% of the total circulation of each issue must consist of printed copies distributed to paying subscribers or requesters, as applicable. Up to 10% of the distributed copies used to qualify or remain el-igible for Periodicals prices may be copies that are paid or requested to be sent electronically.
d. If less than 60% of a Periodicals publication’s total circulation consists of printed copies distributed to paying subscribers or requesters, as applicable, an-nual postal eligibility audits must be conducted by a certified audit bureau.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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DMM Revision: Package Intercept — Extra ServicesEffective October 1, 2012, the Postal Service™ will
revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser-vice, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 503.2.4.10 and 507.5 to align standards for the current USPS Package Inter-cept™ service options.
Prior DMM revisions have been introduced to imple-ment the first two phases of Package Intercept service. These revisions will update the DMM to include the most current Package Intercept extra services options and remove obsolete standards.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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503 Extra Services
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2.0 Registered Mail
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2.4 Mailing
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2.4.10 Redirection of Mail
[Revise 2.4.10 as follows:]
Registered Mail may be redirected to sender using Pack-age Intercept under 507.5.0.
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507 Mailer Services
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5.0 Package Intercept
5.1 Description of Service
[Revise 5.1 by renumbering current 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 as new 5.1.2 and 5.1.3, adding new 5.1.1, and assigning the text of current 5.1 to renumbered item 5.1.2 as follows:]
5.1.1 Basic Standards
Package Intercept service provides a method for custom-ers to authorize redirection of any mailable domestic mail-pieces with a tracking barcode as provided in 5.1.2. If the item is found and redirected, additional postage is charged as provided under 5.2. Package Intercept requests are active for 10 business days from the date of the request. Interception of eligible mailpieces is not guaranteed. Requests must be made as provided under 5.5.
5.1.2 Eligibility
Package Intercept service is available for any Express Mail, Priority Mail, First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service, Parcel Select, and Package Services mailpiece with a tracking barcode, addressed to, from, or between domes-tic destinations (608.2.0), except as noted in 5.1.3. Mail-pieces must not measure more than 108 inches in length and girth combined.
5.1.3 Ineligible
Package Intercept is not available for the following:
a. Mailpieces sent to or from international destinations.
b. Mailpieces sent to or from APO/FPO/DPO destina-tions.
c. Domestic mailpieces requiring a customs declara-tions label (see 608.2.4.).
d. Mailpieces that indicate surface-only transportation such as Label 127, Surface Mail Only, or that bear other hazardous materials markings such as “Limited Quantity,” “Consumer Commodity,” or “ORM-D”.
e. Mailpieces that do not contain a tracking barcode.
5.2 Postage and Fees
[Revise the introductory text of 5.2 as follows:]
Customers must pay a nonrefundable per-piece fee to ini-tiate the USPS process of attempting to intercept the mail-piece. The USPS does not guarantee the interception of a mailpiece. An intercepted mailpiece mailed at a Parcel Select or Package Services price that is redirected to the sender is subject to payment of the applicable postage based on how the piece was originally mailed. A Parcel Select piece being redirected to the sender is charged the Parcel Select Nonpresort price plus the additional service fee. Any intercepted mailpiece that is redirected to a new delivery address or a Post Office as Hold For Pickup ser-vice, available only through the electronic commercial method, is relabeled and handled as a new Priority Mail piece. The new Priority Mail piece is charged at the appli-cable Priority Mail Commercial Base price from the location where intercepted to the new destination based on the dimensions, weight, and zone of the piece. Fee payments are as follows:
5.3 Adding Extra Services
[Revise 5.3 as follows:]
Extra services may be added to Package Intercept mail-pieces under limited circumstances. Customers who regis-ter and file their request through the Business Customer Gateway at https://gateway.usps.com/bcg/login.htm may add, and pay additional postage for, extra services on the new Priority Mail piece being redirected to a new address
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or a Post Office for Hold For Pickup at the time of their intercept request. The relabeled item will be assigned a new extra service identification number and barcode appli-cable to the extra service purchased. An Intelligent Mail package barcode will be included on all redirected pieces, and all available USPS scans will be available to the cus-tomer at no charge. Extra services may not be added to items being redirected to the sender. The following extra services may be added to the new Priority Mail item at the time of the online intercept request as follows:
a. Adult Signature Required.
b. Adult Signature Restricted Delivery.
c. Insurance, if the original shipment included insurance and for the original value stated, but may not be oth-erwise added.
d. Signature Confirmation.
5.4 Registered Mail
[Revise 5.4 as follows:]
Package Intercept, redirect to sender option only, is avail-able for eligible matter mailed using Registered Mail ser-vice. In addition to 5.2 and 5.5, customers requesting to intercept Registered Mail must write on the receipt “With-drawn” and sign and surrender the receipt to the Post Office.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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FraudDomestic Orders
False representation is enforced by postmasters at the cities listed below.
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State, City ZIP Code Names and Addresses Covered ProductFL, Tampa 33610-9712 Martin Plante d/b/a Commercial Yellow Pages, 10150 Highland Manor Dr., Ste. 200 False billing schemeFL, Clearwater 33760-2707 Martin Plante d/b/a YP Marketing Group, 14350 60th Street N., Ste 16262 False billing schemeIL, Chicago 60604-2340 American Yellow Distribution, Inc., and American Yellow Distribution, 28 E. Jackson
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PA, Pittsburgh 15232-2217 American Yellow Distribution, Inc., and American Yellow Distribution, 815 Copeland Way PO Box 108
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Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account NumbersThis listing should be provided to Contract Postal Units
and used by acceptance clerks in non-POS locations with-out intranet access to validate an Express Mail Corporate Account (EMCA) number online. For all other locations, online EMCA validation is preferred. The online validation process is outlined in the EMCA Validation SOP on the Retail webpage. This list supersedes all previous notices,
which must be recycled. Acceptance clerks must not accept Express Mail® shipments bearing an invalid EMCA number in the “Payment by Account” or “Agreement Num-ber” section of the Express Mail label or form.
Note: The first 6 digits of a 9-digit Custom Designed Ser-vice and Next Day Pickup Agreement make up the Corporate Account Number.
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Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms
Do Not Cash — Upon Receipt, Notify Local Postal Inspectors
This listing will be provided to all Postal Service™employees responsible for accepting and cashing postal money orders. Destroy all interim notices when the num-
bers listed appear in the Postal Bulletin. The actual serial numbers consist of the first 10 digits on the money orders. Check for altered dollar amounts by holding money orders to the light.
010 001 0200 to 0299 041 299 6752 to 6799 078 174 4475 to 4499 161 103 6581 to 6599
010 504 1932 to 1999011 582 1889 to 1899011 588 2900 to 3099012 579 5675 to 5699013 289 6176 to 6199013 610 0014 to 0099014 932 1000 to 1099014 972 0800 to 0899015 363 0065 to 0099017 028 3200 to 3299018 569 5333 to 5399018 986 5264 to 5299019 518 2814 to 2899020 698 5159 to 5199020 844 7307 to 7399020 972 8948 to 8999022 021 9110 to 9181022 037 1411 to 1499022 527 9201 to 9210022 529 1882 to 1899023 637 7169 to 7199024 380 4100 to 4199024 496 6870 to 6896025 092 0987 to 0999025 369 5535 to 5599025 729 1151 to 1199025 729 1643 to 1799026 492 3180 to 3199027 361 0430 to 0499027 369 4482 to 4495027 671 8762 to 8776027 787 9886 to 9899027 965 9487 to 9499028 100 8069 to 8099028 191 1852 to 1999028 850 3000 to 3199029 510 1500 to 1599030 687 0903 to 0999030 701 3442 to 3499031 077 4507 to 4799032 295 7500 to 9999034 394 1000 to 1099034 943 0400 to 0799035 035 4337 to 4399037 312 7500 to 7599037 706 9578 to 9599037 805 3677 to 3699037 909 5490 to 5499037 931 4660 to 4699039 145 6521 to 6595040 024 3901 to 3999040 674 7100 to 7199040 688 8816 to 8899041 623 8889 to 8899041 803 6565 to 6599043 129 1968 to 1997043 205 5922 to 5999044 087 3457 to 3499044 087 4000 to 4099044 306 4200 to 4299044 306 4370 to 4599045 524 4121 to 4298046 800 9870 to 9899047 352 4000 to 4099048 383 7650 to 7659048 396 3647 to 3699051 142 0755 to 0799051 774 8857 to 8899051 781 2875 to 2885051 977 7010 to 7023052 058 7115 to 7199054 450 1130 to 1167057 670 0563 to 0599058 187 3836 to 3899058 523 3003 to 3099058 591 1153 to 1299058 895 3746 to 3799059 986 0814 to 0899060 406 7650 to 7699063 491 8122 to 8199063 916 9968 to 9999064 091 4500 to 4599065 170 0471 to 0499065 255 7909 to 7999065 392 6345 to 6399066 099 2014 to 2099066 648 2880 to 2899066 787 3639 to 3699066 845 7500 to 9999067 093 3869 to 3899068 895 0334 to 0399070 724 4488 to 4499070 841 9181 to 9199070 844 2546 to 2599070 916 1340 to 1399071 047 5768 to 5799071 179 9800 to 9899071 386 3682 to 3699071 507 6840 to 6899072 045 9641 to 9699072 675 8287 to 8299073 763 0867 to 0876073 763 0878 to 0887073 763 0889 to 0898077 617 5481 to 5499077 999 4001 to 4090
078 219 4931 to 4999078 250 4756 to 4799078 823 8312 to 8399079 374 0300 to 2499079 807 2342 to 2399082 721 0228 to 0254083 140 5000 to 7499083 784 8886 to 8899083 913 6915 to 6999084 478 3920 to 3999086 000 8271 to 8299086 798 3840 to 3849088 404 4472 to 4499088 404 5584 to 5699088 757 8688 to 8699088 757 9400 to 9499089 358 2248 to 2257090 663 9678 to 9684091 818 0071 to 0099093 106 9346 to 9355093 203 0500 to 0599093 684 3630 to 3699094 081 5074 to 5099094 216 2555 to 2599094 580 7062 to 7099094 639 4200 to 4299095 070 7186 to 7199095 076 8300 to 8399095 354 6864 to 6899097 224 1350 to 1599100 160 3800 to 3899104 667 6400 to 6499104 876 8937 to 8999112 049 4413 to 4499112 870 9765 to 9799114 402 3850 to 3899114 866 5368 to 5397116 154 2800 to 2899116 986 4400 to 4499117 175 1647 to 5169117 951 4687 to 4699117 951 5200 to 5299119 786 3051 to 3064119 815 8961 to 6199119 850 7400 to 7499119 850 7700 to 7999121 634 0460 to 0499122 451 9879 to 9899122 714 6805 to 6900124 916 0304 to 0499126 423 0136 to 0169127 500 2328 to 2399160 901 2254 to 2299
161 194 2857 to 0899162 032 4447 to 4499163 257 1085 to 1099166 101 1433 to 1499167 555 5201 to 5212167 555 5214 to 5299169 618 6274 to 6299173 639 4685 to 4699174 238 2779 to 2799174 281 9347 to 9399175 251 2600 to 0699176 281 7937 to 7950176 281 7963 to 7999176 731 6586 to 6599178 254 5000 to 9999178 881 9900 to 9999180 031 2089 to 2098180 403 7723 to 7741180 428 4580 to 0599182 368 7544 to 0599182 475 3229 to 3258182 475 3904 to 3933182 631 0031 to 0099185 828 1474 to 1499186 132 7583 to 0599186 629 0589 to 0599187 184 6177 to 0199187 323 8200 to 8299187 441 6080 to 6099188 831 6774 to 6799188 835 6370 to 6399189 083 1064 to 1099189 660 9583 to 9599191 179 0377 to 0399194 456 8600 to 0699195 194 6881 to 6899199 105 0778 to 0799199 678 2968 to 2999210 221 0548 to 0599227 275 9400 to 9999273 070 8059 to 8099273 775 7700 to 7899302 000 0000 to 9999349 746 2056 to 2099350 518 7350 to 7374360 011 1690 to 1699360 168 6008 to 6099360 173 8800 to 8899360 324 2326 to 2399362 861 3064 to 3099373 006 2176 to 2199374 768 2600 to 2699375 169 4400 to 4599
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700 065 4800 to 4899700 190 3350 to 3359700 228 6048 to 6099700 650 0452 to 0499700 666 1323 to 1349700 786 9106 to 9142700 859 0744 to 0758701 028 6780 to 6899701 213 3900 to 3999701 267 2000 to 3999701 335 7312 to 7399701 369 2005 to 2050701 499 2260 to 2299701 503 2247 to 2299701 541 2271 to 2299701 553 6557 to 6599701 578 7460 to 7469701 578 7475 to 7499701 601 3457 to 3499701 605 5913 to 5999701 695 3982 to 3999701 695 4148 to 4199701 695 4227 to 4299701 708 1741 to 1799701 736 3966 to 3999701 772 0870 to 0899701 838 2800 to 2899701 941 0600 to 0699702 171 1603 to 1699702 195 5109 to 5199702 254 9300 to 9399702 264 7569 to 7599702 519 0513 to 0524702 713 1800 to 1809702 821 5730 to 5799702 821 5805 to 5899702 844 6975 to 6994702 846 6331 to 6399702 848 3900 to 3999702 857 7302 to 7499702 878 0114 to 0199703 364 1707 to 1799740 002 7710 to 7719740 119 2275 to 2284740 130 6688 to 6698740 144 2780 to 2795740 241 9049 to 9099740 252 9265 to 9294740 255 1718 to 1799740 274 2602 to 2619740 277 0366 to 0392740 332 7658 to 7671740 348 6641 to 6658740 351 4790 to 4799740 374 7416 to 7499740 470 2420 to 2443740 514 0300 to 0499740 523 7432 to 7449740 535 1555 to 1580740 557 3570 to 3579740 650 4104 to 4140740 684 0620 to 0800740 701 6105 to 6114740 705 9790 to 9799
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740 726 6400 to 6500740 765 3306 to 3399740 774 8434 to 8499740 786 1885 to 1899740 790 5989 to 5999740 820 4854 to 7836740 827 7578 to 7594740 917 7490 to 7499740 918 5531 to 5549741 037 8528 to 8551742 040 3300 to 3309742 228 9660 to 9669805 885 8411 to 8499806 087 1100 to 1499806 268 9275 to 9299806 534 3400 to 3477807 342 3283 to 3399808 086 7100 to 7199808 090 3440 to 3499808 325 5161 to 5699808 784 8000 to 8299830 125 0672 to 0699830 602 5800 to 5999830 610 3700 to 3799830 983 3500 to 3599830 983 3635 to 3699831 354 1387 to 1399831 815 8240 to 8299832 525 3810 to 3899833 159 1884 to 1899833 456 2567 to 2599833 566 3015 to 3071834 130 5200 to 5299834 316 5444 to 5499834 354 8747 to 8766834 354 8824 to 8838835 269 5700 to 5799835 496 7303 to 7399835 539 5200 to 5999835 813 3015 to 3099837 672 8967 to 8999837 784 3282 to 3299838 176 8377 to 8399838 518 1257 to 1299839 718 8257 to 8299840 323 0600 to 0699840 875 6235 to 6299840 910 0900 to 0999841 349 5000 to 5099841 805 7747 to 7899841 805 7944 to 8099842 226 0685 to 0695842 685 4600 to 4699842 685 4742 to 4999842 860 0300 to 0399842 898 5582 to 5599843 062 7100 to 7199843 077 6288 to 6299843 077 6378 to 6399843 758 5769 to 5778843 786 2554 to 2699845 656 8165 to 8199845 727 2100 to 2199845 746 2618 to 2635
846 390 7531 to 7599846 918 0572 to 0599847 237 7690 to 7699847 284 2481 to 2499847 374 7055 to 7065847 374 7055 to 7065847 636 5304 to 5399847 700 5447 to 5499847 723 7500 to 7599849 485 3427 to 3499849 520 9850 to 9899849 608 1357 to 1399849 792 2600 to 2699850 546 1862 to 1899851 143 6826 to 6844851 209 9880 to 9899851 928 9221 to 9299852 589 6560 to 6599853 049 3646 to 3699854 304 4089 to 4999854 529 2200 to 2299854 532 0000 to 2999855 001 6204 to 6249855 319 9364 to 9399855 361 3390 to 3399856 226 0490 to 0499856 656 5800 to 5999856 752 0200 to 0299857 111 1352 to 1399857 279 3450 to 3499857 843 4000 to 4099858 124 7644 to 7699858 756 3111 to 3299859 063 8200 to 8699859 190 0600 to 0644859 437 5538 to 5599859 811 2888 to 2899859 855 8873 to 8999860 240 8520 to 8599860 275 3900 to 3999860 518 9629 to 9699860 600 0021 to 0999861 158 2350 to 2599861 367 5400 to 5499861 637 6010 to 6099861 979 7292 to 7499862 216 6100 to 6199862 263 9213 to 9299862 271 0800 to 0999862 271 5000 to 5099863 871 5138 to 5199863 949 5300 to 5399864 088 8200 to 8299864 426 3972 to 3999864 520 6117 to 6136865 151 0526 to 0599865 500 4034 to 4099865 883 6082 to 6099866 004 3000 to 3999866 442 4100 to 4899867 366 9108 to 9118867 633 7403 to 7499867 737 5623 to 5699868 169 4529 to 4599
868 173 8400 to 8599868 514 9000 to 9099868 566 9200 to 9299869 200 0000 to 9999869 387 1150 to 1199869 505 3500 to 3599869 523 7033 to 7099869 566 6150 to 6167869 800 0000 to 999 9999870 054 4814 to 4899870 491 4812 to 4849870 536 5820 to 5829870 541 7167 to 7239870 575 8155 to 8999870 589 0485 to 0494870 691 7060 to 7099872 028 4850 to 4899872 029 9306 to 9399872 078 3709 to 3799872 100 0445 to 0459900 556 4178 to 4199900 845 0044 to 0099900 936 0217 to 0299900 936 0435 to 0499901 058 5255 to 5280901 273 1082 to 1099901 287 5143 to 5199901 291 2789 to 2799901 525 7122 to 7199902 089 1253 to 1299902 198 9769 to 9799902 948 1269 to 1299902 985 0833 to 0899903 370 6934 to 6999904 600 6523 to 6599904 892 0378 to 0399904 892 0648 to 1299905 056 2216 to 2299905 510 6647 to 6799905 510 6900 to 7099905 794 0000 to 0199905 794 0288 to 0299905 873 6900 to 6999905 873 7100 to 7299905 880 8900 to 8999905 889 7100 to 7199906 158 1508 to 1599906 558 8812 to 8899906 982 2214 to 2299907 725 8500 to 8599907 815 0216 to 0257908 622 4225 to 4235908 936 9254 to 9299909 066 4494 to 7499909 067 7400 to 7499909 100 1787 to 1799909 100 1900 to 2099909 355 0422 to 0499909 568 8900 to 9099909 568 9300 to 9499909 725 7307 to 7399909 833 0947 to 0999910 219 8631 to 8699910 265 1100 to 1199
910 471 7273 to 7299910 536 2505 to 2599910 958 7499 to 7599911 140 1000 to 2199911 245 2545 to 2599911 268 9077 to 9099911 400 8948 to 8999911 508 1620 to 1799911 509 9310 to 9399911 523 3000 to 3999912 057 9922 to 9999912 882 0563 to 0899913 605 2218 to 2299913 709 2429 to 2499913 818 3501 to 3999914 063 4300 to 4399914 346 7621 to 7644914 453 1366 to 1399914 529 6185 to 6299914 896 4658 to 4699915 187 8774 to 8779915 300 2783 to 2799915 546 6822 to 6999915 646 5183 to 5199915 671 3963 to 3980915 671 3982 to 3999915 675 2217 to 2299916 440 3377 to 3399916 670 6352 to 6399916 682 5300 to 5399916 694 1414 to 1499916 703 0802 to 0821917 089 0709 to 0799917 089 0842 to 0899917 216 2928 to 2999917 370 6300 to 6499917 486 4900 to 4999918 460 0602 to 0699918 951 7231 to 7299919 519 2786 to 2799919 536 0770 to 0799919 814 3095 to 3199919 889 5110 to 5134919 889 5137 to 5176919 889 5178 to 5199919 889 5030 to 5070919 889 5090 to 5099919 915 2774 to 2787920 155 4662 to 4687920 309 9039 to 9199920 771 5321 to 5399920 857 5500 to 5899920 864 3480 to 3499920 963 4567 to 4599921 333 7400 to 7499921 477 3762 to 3799922 278 1048 to 1399922 280 2019 to 2099922 280 2233 to 2299922 773 0459 to 0499923 032 7000 to 7399923 045 3630 to 3699923 484 3600 to 3699923 493 9403 to 9599
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923 493 9681 to 9699923 604 4424 to 4499923 810 7800 to 8299924 252 1200 to 1299924 252 1400 to 1499924 533 0711 to 0799924 533 2343 to 2399924 533 2428 to 2499924 685 1957 to 1999924 946 6300 to 6699
925 333 5900 to 6099925 336 2300 to 2399926 432 5907 to 5999926 436 3600 to 3699927 765 6257 to 6299928 197 8100 to 8199928 197 8283 to 8299928 856 2059 to 2068930 219 1722 to 1799930 335 7810 to 7819
931 097 9259 to 9299931 156 1502 to 1579931 156 1600 to 1625931 156 1671 to 1699932 506 6400 to 6599932 732 1796 to 1799932 827 9026 to 9099932 957 2300 to 2399933 060 6160 to 6189933 387 2541 to 2561
933 760 3609 to 4199933 894 0928 to 0999934 018 2729 to 2741934 180 0300 to 0399934 236 3954 to 3999934 622 8717 to 8999935 216 0312 to 0399935 843 2202 to 2247936 024 8889 to 8899936 339 4455 to 4499
— Criminal Investigations Group, Postal Inspection Service, 9-20-12
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Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order Forms
Do Not Cash — Upon Receipt, Notify Local Postal Inspectors
This listing will be provided to all Postal Service™employees responsible for accepting and cashing postal money orders. Destroy all interim notices when the num-bers listed appear in the Postal Bulletin. The new money
order serial numbers consist of the first 9 digits. The 10th digit is a check digit only.
Do not cash outdated money orders 104 151 601 to 692 600 000. Advise holders to send invalid money orders to: Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0B1. Check for altered dollar amounts by holding money orders to the light.
719 869 731 to 9 760 728 702 338 to 2 400 734 950 111 to 0 170 742 408 771 to 8 830
720 227 871 to 7 930720 227 949 to 7 960720 368 543 to 8 570720 392 151 to 2 570720 556 491 to 6 640720 558 621 to 8 650720 575 361 to 5 570720 590 152 to 0 179721 638 331 to 9 170721 815 391 to 5 420721 969 713 to 9 740722 072 137 to 2 160722 378 265 to 8 280722 413 990 to 4 004722 764 948 to 4 980722 825 840 to 5 889723 153 841 to 3 850723 237 616 to 7 630723 331 081 to 1 110723 496 443 to 6 470723 967 291 to 7 320724 655 196 to 5 340724 711 441 to 1 500724 711 538 to 1 560724 793 221 to 3 250724 908 109 to 8 120724 937 461 to 7 670725 163 118 to 3 151725 202 735 to 2 750725 398 591 to 8 800725 464 591 to 4 920725 475 321 to 5 330725 711 057 to 1 070725 738 581 to 8 730725 981 311 to 1 430725 987 835 to 7 880726 060 811 to 0 900726 391 970 to 2 520726 484 771 to 4 800726 493 351 to 5 300726 504 031 to 4 063726 504 070 to 4 090726 504 331 to 4 390726 563 701 to 4 060726 599 371 to 9 460726 626 356 to 6 370727 182 271 to 2 510727 416 181 to 6 240727 481 431 to 1 460727 749 241 to 9 780728 382 331 to 2 480728 915 371 to 5 850728 953 141 to 3 410728 954 280 to 4 310729 169 081 to 9 140729 363 841 to 3 870729 682 891 to 3 190729 838 940 to 9 070729 839 101 to 9 130730 077 683 to 7 840730 109 847 to 9 880730 373 761 to 3 850730 501 951 to 2 130730 519 379 to 9 470730 569 278 to 9 360730 711 711 to 1 740730 722 991 to 3 230730 845 970 to 5 990730 888 291 to 8 320730 927 591 to 7 680731 307 914 to 7 930731 402 431 to 2 460731 407 232 to 7 320731 588 301 to 8 340731 767 273 to 7 320731 781 061 to 1 120731 837 821 to 7 910731 841 377 to 1 450732 018 481 to 8 600732 067 972 to 8 370732 188 649 to 8 670732 193 460 to 3 470732 201 241 to 1 390732 220 431 to 0 440732 355 201 to 5 380732 472 320 to 2 560732 541 605 to 1 620732 572 221 to 2 490732 586 479 to 6 710732 994 037 to 4 080733 163 449 to 3 460733 297 171 to 7 290733 446 631 to 7 110733 474 665 to 4 770733 704 482 to 4 570733 751 041 to 1 130734 009 101 to 9 130734 290 759 to 0 770734 389 273 to 9 290734 440 031 to 0 111734 797 201 to 7 320734 939 611 to 9 640
735 120 331 to 0 840735 283 008 to 3 020735 293 131 to 3 220735 635 010 to 5 040735 783 961 to 3 990735 803 401 to 3 430736 005 420 to 5 440736 366 021 to 6 110736 624 456 to 4 500736 670 851 to 1 060736 767 061 to 7 090736 767 093 to 7 120736 982 191 to 2 370736 982 551 to 2 730737 110 141 to 0 170737 185 501 to 5 710737 317 321 to 7 350737 517 781 to 7 840737 628 181 to 8 210737 634 258 to 4 270738 361 971 to 1 980738 447 601 to 7 660738 648 355 to 8 450738 849 811 to 9 900738 892 270 to 2 290738 997 259 to 7 380739 161 451 to 1 540739 219 381 to 9 440739 740 151 to 0 180739 793 491 to 3 520739 793 527 to 3 550739 942 621 to 2 650739 999 231 to 9 320740 011 517 to 1 530740 030 701 to 0 970740 261 740 to 1 820740 265 811 to 6 290740 299 111 to 9 170740 299 231 to 9 260740 329 266 to 9 320740 889 081 to 9 090741 010 421 to 0 530741 113 041 to 3 370741 373 891 to 4 340741 452 369 to 2 490741 492 991 to 3 140741 553 460 to 3 470741 764 431 to 4 520742 178 834 to 8 880742 325 500 to 5 520742 325 668 to 5 700
742 512 120 to 2 150742 684 849 to 4 890742 839 553 to 9 630742 913 668 to 3 700742 917 287 to 7 296742 921 891 to 1 980742 983 631 to 3 810743 020 021 to 0 170743 206 491 to 6 500743 235 992 to 6 050743 940 631 to 0 900743 978 011 to 8 070744 234 751 to 4 780744 499 591 to 9 680744 626 901 to 6 910745 388 794 to 8 910746 446 806 to 6 820746 818 351 to 8 410747 245 266 to 5 280747 364 813 to 4 830747 501 434 to 1 450747 739 891 to 0 070748 148 649 to 8 760748 259 960 to 9 970748 565 162 to 5 280748 874 988 to 5 030749 137 381 to 7 410749 190 192 to 0 210749 685 421 to 5 450749 846 791 to 6 850749 993 131 to 3 580750 071 587 to 1 610750 408 167 to 8 183750 438 421 to 8 501750 743 911 to 4 030750 779 118 to 9 400750 910 981 to 1 010750 960 841 to 0 900751 296 211 to 6 240751 539 121 to 9 180751 541 311 to 1 790751 757 641 to 7 700751 936 951 to 7 010751 951 861 to 1 890751 999 021 to 9 110752 139 516 to 9 570752 182 892 to 2 950752 206 861 to 7 100752 295 241 to 5 600752 731 351 to 1 410752 767 441 to 7 470
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753 008 941 to 9 030753 194 311 to 4 370753 620 378 to 0 400754 013 917 to 3 940754 161 061 to 1 120754 358 445 to 8 610754 410 451 to 0 660754 438 393 to 8 410754 493 109 to 3 130754 664 182 to 4 220754 816 377 to 6 470755 487 421 to 7 600755 592 901 to 3 140755 790 020 to 0 030755 791 730 to 1 800755 926 951 to 7 070755 934 332 to 4 510755 957 701 to 8 000755 962 981 to 3 280756 035 371 to 5 490756 301 257 to 1 290756 371 565 to 1 580756 876 031 to 6 120756 876 151 to 6 240756 970 129 to 0 140757 059 613 to 9 630757 078 540 to 8 560757 086 209 to 6 240757 240 591 to 0 650757 277 371 to 7 700757 291 591 to 2 730757 964 251 to 4 280758 067 001 to 7 090758 105 221 to 5 250758 324 941 to 5 000758 593 628 to 3 650758 709 038 to 9 060758 744 101 to 4 160758 850 883 to 0 900758 860 951 to 1 550759 152 851 to 2 880759 740 941 to 1 090760 004 596 to 4 610760 118 191 to 8 250760 155 001 to 5 090760 378 002 to 8 020760 692 722 to 2 749761 055 460 to 5 480761 169 781 to 9 810761 504 941 to 5 120761 516 836 to 6 910761 613 588 to 3 600761 688 631 to 8 690761 805 199 to 5 240761 826 106 to 6 120761 881 171 to 1 560761 975 641 to 5 670761 975 886 to 5 895762 304 144 to 4 170762 324 931 to 4 960762 439 261 to 9 290762 524 158 to 4 220762 584 872 to 4 970762 593 431 to 3 460
763 155 160 to 5 180763 178 631 to 8 660763 506 001 to 6 060763 522 141 to 2 470763 717 694 to 7 800763 826 461 to 6 520763 900 460 to 0 471763 900 479 to 0 530763 917 271 to 7 750764 125 801 to 5 860764 284 525 to 4 560764 526 241 to 6 330764 601 421 to 1 600764 650 231 to 0 470764 984 371 to 4 850765 003 667 to 3 680765 042 517 to 2 540765 194 728 to 4 970765 387 365 to 7 450765 541 801 to 2 100765 638 461 to 8 970765 647 101 to 7 190765 813 781 to 4 029765 879 314 to 9 390765 954 001 to 4 030766 120 286 to 0 320766 125 716 to 5 750766 158 824 to 8 840766 388 433 to 8 460766 509 421 to 9 660766 572 901 to 3 020766 748 500 to 8 521767 024 341 to 4 370767 326 471 to 6 590767 332 561 to 2 950768 009 841 to 9 960768 011 489 to 1 520768 177 980 to 7 990768 391 081 to 1 170768 661 569 to 1 650769 000 051 to 0 080769 050 841 to 0 900769 159 081 to 9 178769 737 496 to 7 510769 778 491 to 8 730769 827 331 to 7 450770 216 071 to 6 100770 723 281 to 3 400770 790 451 to 0 480770 915 150 to 5 490771 455 551 to 5 610771 609 661 to 9 690771 932 551 to 2 580772 057 224 to 7 440772 162 660 to 3 070772 718 615 to 8 640772 940 140 to 0 160772 970 886 to 0 940773 009 419 to 9 430773 112 031 to 2 060773 125 387 to 5 410773 179 320 to 9 410773 202 989 to 3 140773 208 991 to 9 290
773 231 311 to 1 340773 348 739 to 8 940773 348 739 to 8 940773 575 891 to 5 950773 852 971 to 3 030775 373 449 to 3 460789 257 191 to 7 250790 448 020 to 8 460790 597 485 to 7 530790 911 883 to 1 900791 057 441 to 7 550791 239 081 to 9 290791 374 483 to 4 500791 387 971 to 8 030791 447 521 to 7 850791 451 151 to 1 240791 500 009 to 0 470791 771 431 to 1 490792 004 293 to 4 320792 018 379 to 8 420792 070 621 to 0 740792 145 211 to 5 230792 391 381 to 1 620792 452 779 to 2 790792 772 728 to 2 770792 903 511 to 3 990793 282 518 to 2 533794 041 831 to 2 040794 397 709 to 7 780794 581 741 to 2 040794 592 122 to 2 150795 032 251 to 2 340795 796 291 to 6 350796 070 139 to 0 160796 143 151 to 3 630796 159 725 to 9 740796 169 306 to 9 340796 373 406 to 3 430796 602 961 to 3 050796 708 441 to 8 500796 886 281 to 6 430796 901 701 to 2 000796 975 466 to 5 590797 272 917 to 2 950797 519 441 to 9 460797 519 731 to 0 240797 535 181 to 5 330797 646 151 to 6 180798 040 053 to 0 080798 055 813 to 5 830798 055 891 to 5 950798 326 371 to 6 520798 339 167 to 9 210798 562 411 to 2 440798 632 461 to 2 490798 807 151 to 7 510798 944 761 to 5 030799 118 616 to 8 640799 133 191 to 3 220799 177 626 to 7 650799 854 751 to 5 200800 044 320 to 4 410800 211 901 to 2 440800 427 530 to 7 540
800 872 741 to 2 830801 349 801 to 9 830801 676 681 to 7 100802 967 821 to 7 940803 217 601 to 7 780803 729 731 to 9 850803 747 402 to 7 520804 138 181 to 8 420804 428 224 to 8 250804 682 411 to 2 710805 272 525 to 2 540805 523 445 to 3 460805 745 704 to 5 730806 452 907 to 2 980806 744 781 to 4 850806 982 181 to 2 300807 764 791 to 4 910808 089 931 to 9 960808 656 423 to 6 450808 753 771 to 3 800809 189 001 to 9 010809 886 879 to 6 930809 890 489 to 0 500810 323 734 to 3 760810 367 116 to 7 140810 526 351 to 6 500810 806 911 to 6 940810 807 211 to 7 240811 423 021 to 3 110811 517 221 to 7 239811 721 101 to 1 130812 025 721 to 5 900812 093 073 to 3 130812 100 821 to 0 840812 465 251 to 5 610812 918 341 to 8 670812 918 701 to 8 760813 050 491 to 0 520813 073 171 to 3 200813 398 476 to 8 550813 713 971 to 4 000813 858 121 to 8 150814 789 330 to 9 349814 984 656 to 4 680815 016 020 to 6 030815 199 410 to 9 420815 240 491 to 0 520815 755 591 to 5 620815 755 622 to 5 650815 806 381 to 6 680816 126 834 to 6 870816 156 721 to 6 780816 580 903 to 0 920816 945 571 to 5 600817 253 011 to 3 280817 763 881 to 4 060818 330 562 to 0 610818 459 641 to 9 670818 926 273 to 6 320818 950 351 to 0 380818 962 492 to 2 530819 032 341 to 2 730819 127 054 to 7 080819 278 540 to 8 670
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819 544 681 to 4 740819 928 441 to 8 650820 034 406 to 4 430820 070 761 to 1 540820 191 342 to 1 360820 274 856 to 4 880820 600 171 to 0 230821 172 241 to 2 360821 229 661 to 9 720821 229 743 to 9 780821 903 731 to 3 910821 927 841 to 7 850822 505 801 to 5 830822 703 442 to 3 470
822 900 991 to 1 020822 925 951 to 6 100823 284 931 to 4 990823 293 031 to 3 210823 556 011 to 6 100824 078 341 to 8 370824 156 325 to 6 340824 511 252 to 1 270824 588 281 to 8 370825 140 397 to 0 460825 409 651 to 9 680825 472 171 to 2 200826 042 898 to 2 920826 226 644 to 6 670
826 582 951 to 3 430826 720 201 to 0 230827 005 671 to 5 830827 287 861 to 7 950827 291 502 to 1 520827 575 381 to 5 470827 609 085 to 9 100827 619 811 to 9 840827 883 511 to 3 600828 160 441 to 0 530828 376 201 to 6 260828 441 602 to 1 630828 539 316 to 9 340828 539 341 to 9 370
828 732 331 to 2 390828 807 781 to 7 840828 830 952 to 0 963828 939 781 to 0 050829 002 721 to 2 870829 005 301 to 5 540829 080 241 to 0 330829 160 986 to 1 000829 176 841 to 6 930829 471 561 to 1 590829 561 065 to 1 080829 566 481 to 6 510829 569 931 to 9 960
— Criminal Investigations Group, Postal Inspection Service, 9-20-12
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Verifying U.S. Postal Service Money OrdersFollow these steps to cash a Postal Service™ money
order:
1. Check that the amount does not exceed the legal limit: $1,000 for domestic, and $700 for international postal money orders.
2. Check that the proper security features are present:
When held to the light, a watermark of Benjamin Franklin is repeated from top to bottom on the left side.
When held to the light, a dark line (security thread) runs from top to bottom with the word “USPS” repeated.
There should be no discoloration around the dollar amounts, which might indicate the amounts were changes.
These appear in Postal Service Notice 299, U.S. Postal Money Order Reference Card, or online at https://www.usps.com/shop/accepting-money-orders.htm.
3. If the money order seems suspicious, call the U.S. Postal Service Money Order Verification System at 866-459-7822.
Please provide this information to local banks and retail-ers, as they also receive Postal Service money orders for cashing.
— Retail Services, Retail Products and Services, 9-20-12
Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms
Do Not CashTo be posted and used by retail window employees. As
directed, destroy previous notices. Destroy all interim notices when the numbers listed appear in the Postal Bul-letin.
— Criminal Investigations Group, Postal Inspection Service, 9-20-12
Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian Money Orders
The Canada Post Corporation is now providing a toll- free number that cashing agents can call to verify the validity of Canadian Postal Money Orders. The number is 800-563-0444.
This toll-free number is printed on the back of the Cana-dian Postal Money Orders.
— Criminal Investigations Group, Postal Inspection Service, 9-20-12
671,819,086 686,794,382676,612,640 686,794,426677,891,039 686,794,427678,282,493 686,794,431678,916,031 687,262,502679,552,215 687,262,503679,694,334 687,262,525679,751,983 687,262,526679,800,207 687,287,578681,130,536 687,287,581681,844,376 687,287,582683,594,542 694,063,898684,683,610 694,063,899686,619,878 694,063,980686,619,886 701,321,725686,619,887
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Other InformationOverseas Military/Diplomatic Mail
Mail addressed to military and diplomatic post offices overseas is subject to certain conditions or restrictions of mailing regarding content, preparation, and handling. The APO/FPO/DPO table below outlines these conditions by APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Codes™ through the use of footnoted mailing restrictions codes (see the Restrictions page fol-lowing the table).
Acceptance clerks should use the table with the inte-grated retail terminal (IRT) or POS ONE terminal to deter-mine which APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Codes are active and
which conditions of mailing apply. Acceptance clerks may contact the Military Postal Service Agency with any questions regarding APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Codes, toll free, at 800-810-6098, Monday–Friday, 0730–1600 ET.
For Express Mail Military Service (EMMS) availability, all acceptance clerks must refer to the local hardcopy EMMS directory.
The entries under “Changes” appear in bold in the APO/FPO/DPO table starting below.
Changes
We have eliminated “Not Active” entries from the table below to save space and paper.
APO/FPO/DPO Table
APO/FPO/DPO Action Effective Date See RestrictionsFPO AE 09312 Open 07/26/2012 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1APO AE 09384 Close 09/20/2012FPO AE 09520 Open 08/23/2012 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-VDPO AE 09828 Add A 09/20/2012 A-A1-A2-B-J-L-N-T-V-Z1FPO AP 96612 Close 09/20/2012
APO/ APO/ APO/ APO/
FPO/DPOSee Restrictions
09002 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09003 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R-
U09004 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09005 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R-
U09006 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09007 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09008 A-A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-
R-U09009 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09011 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09012 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09013 A1-A2-B-C-D-F-F1-H-
M-R-U-Z109014 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09020 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09021 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09028 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09033 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09034 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09038 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09042 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09046 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09049 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09053 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09054 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09055 A1-A2-B-C-D-F-H-M-R-
R1-U-V
09058 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09059 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09060 A1-A2-B-C-D-F1-H-M-
R-U09063 A1-A2-B-C-D-L-H-M-R-
U09067 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09068 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-U-Z109069 A-A1-A2-B-C-D-H-U-V09075 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09079 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09081 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09088 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09090 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R-
U09092 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09094 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R09095 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09096 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09099 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09100 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09102 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09103 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-U09104 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09107 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09112 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09114 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09123 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09126 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R
FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09128 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09131 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09136 A1-A2-B-C-D-F1-H-M-
P-R09138 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09139 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09140 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09142 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09143 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09154 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09172 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09173 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09177 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09180 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09186 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09211 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-P-R-
U09213 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-L-M-R-
U09214 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09226 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09227 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09229 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09237 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U-
V09245 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09250 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09261 A1-A2-B-C-D-F1-H-M-
R-U-V
FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09263 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09264 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09265 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-N-R-
U09267 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09301 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-R1-V-Z-Z109302 A-A1-A2-B-C1-F-F1-H-
M-N-V-Z-Z109306 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-
H1-R-R1-U2-V-Z109307 A1-A2-B-N-V-Z109308 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-V-Z-Z109309 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109310 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-V-Z109311 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-V-Z109312 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109313 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109314 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109320 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109323 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
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09327 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
09328 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-R-R1-V-Z1
09330 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
09337 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
09339 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
09340 A-A1-A2-B-C1-F-H-R-V09343 A-A1-A2-B-C1-F-M-N-
V-Z109347 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109348 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-R1-V-Z-Z109352 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109353 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109354 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109355 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109356 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109357 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109360 A1-A2-B-V09363 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109364 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109365 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109366 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109367 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109368 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-V-Z109369 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V09370 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109372 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V09373 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V09374 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-V-Z-Z109378 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-R1-V-Z-Z109380 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109382 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109383 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09387 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-M-R-V
09393 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-M-N-R-R1-V-Z-Z1
09394 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z1
09397 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-N-R-R1-S-T-V-Z-Z1
09403 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09421 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09447 A1-A2-B-C-C1-R-U-V09454 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U-V09459 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09461 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-P-R-U09463 A1-A2-B-C-C1-R-U09464 A1-A2-B-C-C1-R-U09468 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09469 A1-A2-B-C-C1-R-U09470 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09494 A1-A2-B-C-C1-M-R-U09496 A1-A2-B-C-C1-R-U-V09498 A1-A2-B-C-C1-F-F1-F2-
J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109501 A1-A2-B-V09502 A1-A2-B-V09503 A1-A2-B-V09504 A1-A2-B-V09505 A1-A2-B-V09506 A1-A2-B-V09507 A1-A2-B-V09508 A1-A2-B-V09509 A1-A2-B-V09510 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V-Z109511 A1-A2-B-V09513 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09517 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09520 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09524 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09532 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09534 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09543 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09545 A1-A2-B-V09549 A1-A2-B-V09554 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09556 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09557 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09564 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09565 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09566 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09567 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09568 A1-A2-B-V09569 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09570 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09573 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09574 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09575 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09576 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09577 A1-A2-B-V09578 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09579 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09581 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09582 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09586 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09587 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09588 A1-A2-B-V09589 A1-A2-B-V09590 A1-A2-B-V09591 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09593 A1-A2-B-V09594 A1-A2-B-V09599 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V09602 A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-N-R-
U-V09603 A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-R-U-V09604 A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-P-R-U-
V09605 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U-
V09606 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U-
V09607 A-A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-M-
R-R1-U-U3-V-W09608 A1-A2-B-C-F-N-U-V09609 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09610 A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-M-R-
U-V09613 A1-A2-B-C-F-U-V09617 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09618 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09620 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09621 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09622 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09623 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09624 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09625 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09626 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09627 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09630 A1-A2-B-C-F-U-V09631 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09633 A1-A2-B-B2-C-D-F-F1-
M-R-U-U1-U2-U3-V-Z109636 A1-A2-B-C-F-U09642 A1-A2-B-M-N-R-U09643 A1-A2-B-M-R-U-V09645 A1-A2-B-C-F-F1-U09647 A1-A2-B-N-R-U09648 A1-A2-B-N-U-V-Z109649 A1-A2-B-N-U-Z109701 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-
F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109702 A1-A2-B-C-C1-F1-M-R-
R1-U
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09703 A1-A2-B-C-F1-H-U09704 A1-A2-B-C-V-V109705 A1-A2-B-U09706 A1-A2-B-C-N-R-U-V09707 A1-A2-B-C-J-M-N-R-U-
V09708 A1-A2-B09709 A1-A2-B-F1-H09710 A1-A2-B-C-C1-F1-M-N-
R-R1-U09711 A1-A2-B-F1-N-R-Z109713 A1-A2-B-C-F1-R09714 A1-A2-B-C-C1-F1-M-R-
R1-U09715 A1-A2-B-F1-M-R09716 A1-A2-B-C-M-N-R-V09717 A-A1-A2-B-M-R-V-W09718 A1-A2-B-F-M-N-R-U-V09719 A1-A2-B-C-D-M-R-U-V09720 A1-A2-B-M-R-U-V09722 A-A1-A2-B-F-H-N-Q-V-
Z-Z109723 A1-A2-B-M-N-R-U-V-Z109724 A1-A2-B-C-C1-F1-M-R-
R1-U09726 A1-A2-B-M-N-R-U-V09727 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-
F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109728 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-
J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109729 A1-A2-B-C-F-N-R-R1-
U-V09730 A-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-J-L-
M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109731 A-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-J-L-
M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109732 A1-A2-B-N-V-Z109733 A1-A2-B-N-V09734 A-A1-A2-B-C-C1-F-J-L-
M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109735 A1-A2-B-N-V-Z109736 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-
F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109737 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-
I-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-W-Y-Z-Z1
09738 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09739 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09741 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-W-Y-Z1
09742 A-A1-A2-B-B2-F-F1-J-L-M-N-R-T-V-Z1
09743 A-A1-A2-B-F-H-N-Q-V-Z-Z1
09744 A-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
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09745 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z1
09747 A1-A2-B-F-J-N-U-V-Z109748 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-
F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109749 A-A1-A2-B-F-H-N-V-Z109750 A-A2-B-B2-C-C1-F-J-L-
M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109751 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-M-R-U09752 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-U09759 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-
E2-F-F1-F2-J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09762 A-A1-A2-B-B2-E3-F-F1-J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09769 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09777 A-A1-A2-B-C-E1-L-M-N-R
09780 A-A1-A2-B-F-H-N-R-V09798 A1-A2-B-C-D-H-L-U-V09801 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109803 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-H1-N-
R-R1-U1-V-Z109804 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-N-R-V-
Z109805 A-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V-Z109806 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-L-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109807 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-N-R-R1-V-Z109809 A1-A2-B-V-Z109810 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-N-R-V-
Z109811 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-H1-N-
R-R1-U1-V-Z109812 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-F1-I-
N-R-U-V-Z-Z109813 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E2-
E3-F-J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09814 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-F1-I-N-R-U-V-Z-Z1
09815 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-M-R-R1-V-Z1
09816 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-E2-E3-F-J-L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
09817 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E2-E3-F-F1-H-H1-J-L-M-N-R-T-V-Z1
09818 A-A1-A2-B-C-F-M-V-Z109820 A-A1-A2-B-B2-F-H-H1-
J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109821 A-A1-A2-B-F-N-R-V-Z109822 A-A1-A2-B-F-R-V-Z109823 A-A1-A2-B-F-R-V-Z109824 A-A1-A2-B-F-R-V-Z109825 A-A1-A2-B-C-C1-D-F-J-
L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09826 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E1-E2-E3-F-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-W-Z1
09827 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-N-R-V-Z1
09828 A-A1-A2-B-J-L-N-T-V-Z1
09829 A1-A2-B-C-N-R-V-Z109830 A1-A2-B-C-M-N-R-V-Z109831 A1-A2-B-F-N-U-V-Z109832 A-A1-A2-B-U1-V-Z109833 A1-A2-B-U1-V-Z109834 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V-
Z109835 A-A1-A2-B-V-Z109836 A-A1-A2-B-C-F-M-V-Z109837 A1-A2-B-V-Z109838 A1-A2-B-V-Z109839 A-A1-A2-B-U-V-Z109840 A-A1-A2-B-V-Z109841 A-A1-A2-B-N-R-U-Z109842 A-A1-A2-B-M-N-R-Z109844 A-A1-A2-B-C-F-N-U-V-
Z109845 A-A1-A2-B-B2-E3-F-F1-
L-M-N-T-V-Z109846 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C1-F-J-
L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z109848 A-A1-A2-B-F-M-R-V-Z109852 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-H1-N-
R-R1-U1-V-Z109853 A1-A2-B-E2-F-H1-R-
R1-U2-V-Z109855 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-
H1-R-R1-U2-V-Z109858 A1-A2-B-E2-E3-F-H1-N-
R-R1-U1-V-Z109859 A1-A2-B-C1-F-F1-H1-
N-R-R1-V-Z109865 A-A1-A2-B-V-Z109868 A-A1-A2-B-N-U-V-Z109870 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-N-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09871 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-L-M-N-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09873 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-L-M-N-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09874 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-L-M-N-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09875 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-L-M-N-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09876 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-H1-I-M-N-P-R-R1-T-U-U4-V-Z-Z1
09880 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-F1-H1-R-R1-U-V-Z1
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
09890 A1-A2-B-E2-F-H1-N-R-R1-U2-V-Z1
09892 A-A1-A2-B-E2-F-N-R-R1-V-Z1
09898 A1-A2-B-E2-F-H1-N-R-R1-U2-V-Z1
34002 A1-A2-B-J-L-N-U-Z134004 A1-A2-B-J-L-N-T-U-V34006 A-A1-A2-B-C1-F1-N-V-
Z134007 A-A1-A2-B-C1-F-F1-M-
N-R-R1-V-Z134008 A1-A2-B-B2-D-E1-F-H-
H1-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
34011 A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E2-F-J-L-M-N-R-R1-T-V-Z1
34020 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-Z1
34021 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-Z1
34022 A1-A2-B-D-F-J-L-M-N-U-V-Z1
34023 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-Z1
34024 A1-A2-B-L-M-N-U-V-Z134025 A1-A2-B-F-J-L-M-N-U-
V-Z134030 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-
Z134031 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-
Z134032 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-T-U-
V-Z134033 A1-A2-B-C-F-J-L-M-N-
V-Z134034 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-V-Z134035 A1-A2-B-H-J-L-M-N-U-
V-Z134036 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-
Z134037 A1-A2-B-C-F-H-I-L-M-
N-V-Z-Z134038 A1-A2-B-L-M-N-U-V-Z134039 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-
Z134041 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-T-U-
V-Z134042 A1-A2-B-D-F-M-N-V-Z134050 A1-A2-B-V34055 A1-A2-B-J-L-M-N-U-V-
Z134058 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V-
Z134060 A1-A2-B-B2-C1-E2-F-J-
L-N-R-R1-T-V-Z134078 A1-A2-B-F1-N-V-Z134090 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V34091 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V34092 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
34093 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V34095 A1-A2-B-V34098 A1-A2-B-V34099 A1-A2-B-V96201 A-A1-A2-B96202 A-A1-A2-B-U96203 A-A1-A2-B96204 A-A1-A2-B96205 A-A1-A2-B-U96206 A-A1-A2-B-U96207 A-A1-A2-B-V96209 A-A1-A2-B-J-L-N-T-U96213 A-A1-A2-B-U96214 A-A1-A2-B-U96218 A-A1-A2-B-U96224 A-A1-A2-B-U96257 A-A1-A2-B-U96258 A-A1-A2-B-U96260 A-A1-A2-B-U96262 A-A1-A2-B-U-V96264 A-A1-A2-B-U96266 A-A1-A2-B-U96267 A-A1-A2-B-U-V96269 A-A1-A2-B-U96271 A-A1-A2-B-U96275 A-A1-A2-B-V96276 A-A1-A2-B96278 A-A1-A2-B-U96283 A-A1-A2-B-U96284 A-A1-A2-B-U-V96303 A1-A2-B-H-J-L-M-N-T-
W96306 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W96309 A1-A2-B-M-V-W96310 A1-A2-B-M-W96319 A1-A2-B-M-W96321 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W96322 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W96323 A1-A2-B-M-V-W96326 A1-A2-B-M-W96328 A1-A2-B-M-W96330 A1-A2-B-M-W96336 A1-A2-B-M-V-W96337 A1-A2-B-M-W96338 A1-A2-B-M-W96339 A1-A2-B-M-V-W96343 A1-A2-B-M-W96346 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
V-W96347 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W96348 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
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96349 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-W
96350 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-W
96351 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-W
96362 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-M-W96365 A1-A2-B-M-V-W96367 A1-A2-B-L-M-W96368 A1-A2-B-M-W96370 A1-A2-B-F-F1-F2-H-M-
W96372 A1-A2-B-M-W96373 A1-A2-B-M-W96374 A1-A2-B-M-W96375 A1-A2-B-M-W96376 A1-A2-B-M-W96377 A1-A2-B-M-W96378 A1-A2-B-M-W96379 A1-A2-B-M-W96384 A1-A2-B-M-W96386 A1-A2-B-M-W96387 A1-A2-B-M-W96388 A1-A2-B-M-W96401 A1-A2-B-F-N-V-Z196426 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-V96427 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-M-R-R1-V96447 A1-A2-B-F-N-U3-V-V196501 A-A1-A2-B-N-V96502 A1-A2-B-F-N-U3-V96503 A1-A2-B-F-N-U3-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
96507 A-A1-A2-B-F-V96510 A1-A2-B-I-N-V96511 A1-A2-B-I-N-V96515 A1-A2-B-D-F-U396516 A1-A2-B-D-F96517 A1-A2-B-F-U3-V96520 A1-A2-B-F-N-U3-V96521 A1-A2-B-F-N-U396522 A1-A2-B-F-N-U96530 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-H-H1-
M-N-U-V96531 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-H-M-
N-U-V96532 A-A1-A2-B-H-J-L-M-N-
T-U-V96534 A-A1-A2-B-F-U96535 A-A1-A2-B-F-V96537 A1-A2-B-V96538 A1-A2-B-V96540 A1-A2-B-V96541 A1-A2-B-V96542 A1-A2-B-V96543 A1-A2-B-P-V96544 A1-A2-B-F-N-U3-V96546 A1-A2-B-F-U396548 A-A1-A2-B-H-M-U96549 A-A1-A2-B-H-M-U96550 A-A1-A2-B-H-M-U-V96551 A-A1-A2-B-H-M-N-U96552 A1-A2-B96553 A-A1-A2-B-F-F1-H-M-U96554 A-A1-A2-B-H-M-U96555 A1-A2-B-F-M-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
96557 A1-A2-B-F-M-V96562 A-A1-A2-B-B2-C-C1-D-
E2-E3-F-F1-H-H1-I-L-M-N-R-T-V-Z-Z1
96577 A-A1-A2-B-F-H-M-N-U96578 A1-A2-B-B2-F1-H-J-N-
R96595 A1-A2-B-V96598 A1-A2-B-N-V96599 A1-A2-B-N-V96601 A1-A2-B-V96602 A1-A2-B-V96603 A1-A2-B-V96604 A1-A2-B-V96605 A1-A2-B-V96606 A1-A2-B-V96607 A1-A2-B-V96608 A1-A2-B-V96609 A1-A2-B-V96610 A1-A2-B-V96611 A1-A2-B-V96613 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-R-R1-U2-V-Z-Z196614 A-A1-A2-B-C1-E2-F-
H1-I-M-R-R1-U2-V-Z-Z196615 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96616 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96617 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96619 A1-A2-B-V96620 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96621 A1-A2-B-V96622 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96624 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
96628 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96629 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96643 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96650 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96657 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96660 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96661 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96662 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96663 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96664 A1-A2-B-V96665 A1-A2-B-V96666 A1-A2-B-V96667 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96668 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96669 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96670 A1-A2-B-V96671 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96672 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96673 A1-A2-B-V96674 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96675 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96677 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96678 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V 96679 A1-A2-B-F-F1-R-R1-V96681 A1-A2-B-V96682 A1-A2-B-V96683 A1-A2-B-V96686 A1-A2-B-V96687 A1-A2-B-V96698 A1-A2-B-V
APO/FPO/DPO
See Restrictions
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Restrictions
RESTRICTIONSLEGEND
PS Form 2976, Customs — CN 22 (Old C 1) and Sender’s Declaration (green label)
PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note
AAFES = Army and Air Force Exchange Service APO = Army/Air Force Post Office Box R = Retired military personnel DMM = Domestic Mail Manual DPO = Diplomatic Post Office FPO = Fleet Post Office MOM = Military Ordinary Mail MPO = Military Post Office PAL = Parcel Airlift PSC = Postal Service Center SAM = Space Available Mail USDA = United States Department of Agriculture Note: Mail order catalogs are prohibited as SAM or PAL mail.A. Securities, currency, or precious metals in their raw, unmanufactured
state are prohibited. Official shipments are exempt from this restriction.A1. Mail addressed to “Any Servicemember,” or similar wording such as
“Any Soldier,” “Sailor,” “Airman,” or “Marine”; “Military Mail”; etc., is prohib-ited. Mail must be addressed to an individual or job title such as “Com-mander,” “Commanding Officer,” etc.
A2. APO/FPO/DPO addresses shall not include a city and/or country name.B. Regardless of mail class, a customs declaration form is required for
all items weighing 16 ounces or more, or any item (regardless of weight) con-taining potentially dutiable mail contents (e.g., merchandise) addressed to an APO, FPO, or DPO ZIP Code. PS Form 2976 is required for items weigh-ing less than 16 ounces, and PS Form 2976-A is required for items weighing 16 ounces or more. No customs form is required for items weighing less than 16 ounces when the contents are not potentially dutiable (e.g., documents). When the surface area of the address side of the mailpiece is not large enough to contain a PS Form 2976-A, the smaller PS Form 2976 may be substituted (e.g., the Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box). The following excep-tions apply:
Known mailers are exempt from providing customs documentation on non-dutiable letters or printed matter. (A known mailer is a busi-ness mailer who enters volume mailings through a business mail entry unit (BMEU) or other bulk mail acceptance location, pays post-age through an advance deposit account, uses a permit imprint for postage payment, and submits a completed postage statement at the time of entry that certifies that the mailpieces contain no danger-ous materials that are prohibited by postal regulations.)All federal, state, and local government agencies whose mailings are regarded as “Official Mail” are exempt from providing customs doc-umentation on any item addressed to an APO, FPO, or DPO except for those APOs/FPOs/DPOs to which restriction “B2” applies.Prepaid mail from military contractors is exempt, providing the mail-piece is endorsed “Contents for Official Use — Exempt from Cus-toms Requirements.”
B2. All federal, state, and local government agencies must complete customs documentation when sending potentially dutiable mail addressed to or from this APO, FPO, or DPO.
C. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are prohibited.C1. Obscene articles, prints, paintings, cards, films, videotapes, etc.,
and horror comics and matrices are prohibited.D. Coffee is prohibited. E. Medicines (prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins, and supple-
ments) are prohibited when mailed to individuals for human or animal use. This prohibition does not apply when medicines are sent as official mail only between specifically designated agencies such as pharmaceutical distribu-tors, hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies.
E1. Medicines or vaccines not conforming to French laws are prohibited.E2. Any matter depicting nude or seminude persons, pornographic or
sexual items, or nonauthorized political materials is prohibited. Although reli-gious materials contrary to the Islamic faith are prohibited in bulk quantities, items for the personal use of the addressee are permissible.
E3. Radio transceivers, cordless telephones, global positioning sys-tems, scanners, base stations, and handheld transmitters are prohibited.
F. Firearms of any type are prohibited in all classes of mail. See defini-tions of firearms in DMM 601.12.1.1. This restriction does not apply to fire-arms mailed to or by official U.S. government agencies. The restriction for mail to this APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Code does not apply to firearms mailed from this APO/FPO/DPO ZIP Code, provided ATF and USPS regulations are met. Antique firearms are a separate category defined in DMM 601.12.1.1h and ATF regulations; they do not require an ATF form.
F1. Privately owned weapons addressed to an individual are prohibited in any class of mail.
F2. Importation of firearms is restricted to one shotgun and one single shot.22 caliber rifle per individual.
G. Only letters, flats, and Periodicals are authorized. Parcels of any class are prohibited.
H. Meats, including preserved meats, whether hermetically sealed or not, are prohibited.
H1. Pork or pork by-products are prohibited.I. Mail of all classes must fit in a mail sack. Mail may not exceed the fol-
lowing dimensions:Maximum length 20 inches.Maximum width 12 inches.Maximum height 12 inches.
The maximum length and girth combined may not exceed 68 inches.
This restriction does not apply to registered mail and official government mail marked MOM.
I1. This restriction does not apply to registered mail.I2. This restriction does not apply to official government mail marked
MOM.J. Parcels may not exceed 108 inches in length and girth combined.K. Mail that includes in the address the words, “Dependent Mail Sec-
tion,” may consist only of letter mail, newspapers, magazines, and books. No parcel of any class containing any other matter may be mailed to the Dependent Mail section. This restriction does not apply if the address does not include the words “Dependent Mail Section.”
L. All official mail is prohibited.M. Fruits, vegetables, animals, and living plants are prohibited.N. Registered mail is prohibited.O. Delivery status information for Extra Services is not available on
USPS.com.P. APO is used for the receipt and dispatch of official mail only.Q. Mail may not exceed 66 pounds, and size is limited to 42 inches max-
imum length and 72 inches maximum length and girth combined.R. All alcoholic beverages, including those mailable under
DMM 601.12.7, are prohibited. R1. Materials used in the production of alcoholic beverages (i.e., distill-
ing material, hops, malts, yeast, etc.) are prohibited. S. Mail of all classes must fit in a mail sack. Mail may not exceed the fol-
lowing dimensions and weight:Maximum length 12 inches.Maximum width 12 inches.Maximum height 5 1/2 inches.Maximum weight 25 pounds.
The maximum length and girth combined may not exceed 47 inches.
T. Mailings of case lots of food and supplemental household shipments must be approved by the sender’s parent agency prior to mailing.
U. Parcels must weigh less than 16 ounces when addressed to Box R. This restriction does not apply to mail endorsed “Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped.”
U1. Mail is limited to First-Class Mail weighing 13 ounces or less when addressed to Box R. This restriction does not apply to mail endorsed “Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped.” Videotapes are prohibited when addressed to Box R, regardless of weight.
U2. Mail is limited to First-Class Mail letters only when addressed to Box R.
U3. Mail is limited to First-Class Mail correspondence (including voice and video cassettes), newspapers, magazines, photographs, not exceeding 16 ounces, when addressed to Box R.
U4. Mail addressed to Box C is limited to 2 pounds, regardless of class.V. Express Mail Military Service (EMMS) not available from any origin.V1. Delivery Confirmation service is not available.W. Meat products, such as dried beef, salami, and sausage, may be
mailed, provided they remain in their original, hermetically sealed packages and bear USDA certification. Other meats, bones, skin, hair, feathers, horns or hoofs of hoofed animals, wool samples, tobacco leaves, including chew-ing and pipe tobacco, snuff, cigars, and cigarettes, or obscene material, including obscene drawings, photographs, films, and carvings, are prohib-ited. Exception: 200 grams of tobacco per parcel are permitted duty free.
X. Personal mail is limited to First-Class Mail items (to include audio cas-settes and voice tapes) weighing 13 ounces or less. This limitation does not apply to official mail.
Y. Mail is limited to First-Class and Priority Mail items only. All Periodi-cals, Standard Mail items, and Package Services items (including SAM and PAL) are not authorized. This restriction also applies to official mail.
Z. No outside pieces (OSPs).Z1. The following restriction is applicable only to International Service
Centers (ISC)/Exchange Offices. An Anti-Pilferage Seal (Item No O817E or O818A) is required on all pouches and sacks.
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Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet
*Rates of return for May (inception of S and I Funds) through December 2001.
The G Fund is managed internally by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Assets of the F, C, S, and I Funds are managed externally. The Board currently has contracts with BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., to manage the F, C, S, and I Fund assets. The F, C, S, and I Funds invest in commingled trust funds, in which the assets of tax-deferred employee benefit plans are combined and invested together. The F, C, S, and I Funds and the BlackRock funds are passively managed index funds.
Future performance of the funds will vary and may be significantly different from the returns shown above. See the Summary of the Thrift Savings Plan for detailed information about the funds and their investment risks. The monthly returns of the TSP Funds represent net earnings for the month after deduction of accrued administrative expenses and, except for the G Fund, after deduction of trading costs and accrued investment management fees as well. The returns for the four indexes shown do not include any of these deductions.* Implemented May 2001.See next page for L Funds.
ANNUAL RETURNS
GFund
FFund
U.S. Aggregate
Index C
Fund
S&P 500StockIndex
S *Fund
Dow Jones U.S.
Completion TSM Index
I *Fund
EAFEStockIndex
1994 7.22 -2.96 -2.92 1.33 1.32 — -2.66 — 7.751995 7.03 18.31 18.47 37.41 37.58 — 33.48 — 11.271996 6.76 3.66 3.63 22.85 22.96 18.52 17.18 6.27 6.141997 6.77 9.60 9.65 33.17 33.36 26.61 25.69 1.46 1.551998 5.74 8.70 8.69 28.44 28.58 7.51 8.63 20.46 20.091999 5.99 -0.85 -0.82 20.95 21.04 32.70 35.49 26.81 26.722000 6.42 11.67 11.63 -9.14 -9.10 -8.76 -15.77 -14.11 -14.172001 5.39 8.61 8.44 -11.94 -11.89 -2.22* -2.52* -15.42* -14.88*2002 5.00 10.27 10.26 -22.05 -22.10 -18.14 -17.80 -15.98 -15.942003 4.11 4.11 4.10 28.54 28.69 42.92 43.84 37.94 38.592004 4.30 4.30 4.34 10.82 10.88 18.03 18.10 20.00 20.252005 4.49 2.40 2.43 4.96 4.91 10.45 10.03 13.63 13.542006 4.93 4.40 4.33 15.79 15.79 15.30 15.28 26.32 26.342007 4.87 7.09 6.97 5.54 5.49 5.49 5.39 11.43 11.172008 3.75 5.45 5.24 -36.99 -37.00 -38.32 -39.03 -42.43 -43.382009 2.97 5.99 5.93 26.68 26.46 34.85 37.43 30.04 31.782010 2.81 6.71 6.54 15.06 15.06 29.06 28.62 7.94 7.752011 2.45 7.89 7.84 2.11 2.11 -3.38 -3.76 -11.81 -12.14
MONTHLY RETURNS
GFund
FFund
U.S. Aggregate
Index C
Fund
S&P 500StockIndex
S *Fund
Dow Jones U.S.
Completion TSM Index
I *Fund
EAFEStockIndex
2011Sept 0.16 0.73 0.73 -7.03 -7.03 -10.73 -10.79 -10.55 -9.53Oct 0.14 0.11 0.11 10.93 10.93 14.09 14.00 9.48 9.64Nov 0.14 0.01 -0.09 -0.21 -0.22 -0.51 -0.57 -2.46 -4.85Dec 0.15 1.01 1.10 1.04 1.02 -0.04 -0.05 -2.03 -0.952012Jan 0.13 0.88 0.88 4.50 4.48 7.59 7.56 5.36 5.33Feb 0.12 0.05 -0.02 4.34 4.32 3.99 4.02 5.14 5.74March 0.14 -0.61 -0.55 3.30 3.29 2.30 2.29 0.13 -0.46April 0.15 1.12 1.11 -0.62 -0.63 -0.71 -0.73 -1.87 -1.96May 0.14 0.91 0.90 -5.99 -6.01 -6.91 -6.99 -11.40 -11.48June 0.11 0.05 0.04 4.13 4.12 3.25 3.16 7.08 7.01July 0.12 1.38 1.38 1.40 1.39 -0.62 -0.69 0.56 1.13Aug 0.11 0.07 0.07 2.25 2.25 3.57 3.45 3.29 2.69LAST 12 MONTHS 1.61 5.85 5.78 18.14 18.00 13.87 13.18 0.36 -0.04
42 postal bulletin 22346 (9-20-12) Pull-Out Information
PU
LL-O
UT
INFO
RM
AT
ION
L FundsAnnual Returns L Income L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 20502006 7.59 13.72 15.00 16.532007 5.56 6.87 7.14 7.362008 -5.09 -22.77 -27.50 -33.532009 8.57 19.14 22.48 25.192010 5.74 10.59 12.48 13.892011 2.23 0.41 -0.31 -0.96
Monthly Returns L Income L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 20502011Sept -1.51 -4.73 -5.92 -6.85 -7.80Oct 2.31 6.18 7.68 8.83 9.92Nov 0.02 -0.34 -0.49 -0.62 -0.78Dec 0.20 0.11 0.09 0.07 -0.012012Jan 1.18 3.03 3.77 4.34 4.87Feb 0.98 2.53 3.10 3.54 3.99Mar 0.54 1.23 1.49 1.68 1.86Apr 0.01 -0.38 -0.52 -0.63 -0.78May -1.38 -4.20 -5.23 -6.00 -6.85June 1.04 2.72 3.32 3.77 4.27July 0.37 0.63 0.71 0.75 0.78Aug 0.63 1.57 1.94 2.23 2.51LAST 12 MONTHS 4.41 8.12 9.57 10.56 11.20
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DMM Revision: Revised Eligibility Criteria for Parcel ReturnsEffective October 1, 2012, the Postal Service™ will
revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 433.1.3, 505.3.2.1, and 705.25.1 to provide Commercial Base™ pricing eligi-bility for First-Class Package Service™ mailpieces returned using Merchandise Return Service (MRS), and to expand the eligibility for participation in the scan-based payment (SBP) program.
Priority Mail® return parcels received through an MRS account are eligible for Priority Mail Commercial Base prices. With this revision, the Postal Service is aligning the eligibility standards for First-Class Package Service with those for Priority Mail service by providing Commercial Base eligibility for MRS parcels received under both products.
The SBP program provides a streamlined postage pay-ment option for participants who receive a large number of parcel returns. Under the SBP program, postage payment is based on sampling, combined with barcode scanning records, rather than weighing and rating each individual piece. Because eligible mailpieces are able to bypass the rating process, participants in the SBP program receive their returns in a more expeditious fashion. Priority Mail Return Service, First-Class Package Service Return Ser-vice, and Ground Return Service mailpieces are all eligible for postage payment under the SBP program.
Under current standards, mailers are required to receive a minimum of 10,000 combined returns per year to a single destination. With this revision, mailers may be authorized to participate in the program with 10,000 combined qualifying return mailpieces per year to multiple locations, with approval by the manager, New Business Opportunities.
Mailers interested in the SBP program may apply online, through the Business Customer Gateway, via the USPS.com® website.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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400 Commercial Parcels
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430 First-Class Package Service
433 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Prices and Fees for First-Class Package Service
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1.3 Commercial Base Prices
***Nonpresorted First-Class Package Service parcels no more than 13 ounces in weight mailed under the following conditions are eligible for single-piece Commercial Base parcel prices:
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b. Nonpresorted mailings may be paid by:
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[Add a new item b4 as follows:]
4. Permit holders using Merchandise Return Service (MRS) for First-Class Package Service mailpieces when all MRS requirements are met (505.3.0).
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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505 Return Services
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3.0 Merchandise Return Service
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3.2 Basic Standards
3.2.1 Description
[Revise 3.2.1 as follows:]
Merchandise Return Service allows an authorized permit holder to pay the postage and extra service fees on single-piece price First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service, Priority Mail, and Package Services parcels that are returned to the permit holder by the permit holder’s cus-tomers via a special label produced by the permit holder.
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700 Special Standards
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
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25.0 Scan Based Payment
25.1 Basic Information
25.1.1 Description
[Revise the second sentence of 25.1.1 as follows:]
***Participation in this program, subject to application and authorization, is available for customers who receive a min-
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imum of 10,000 combined SBP parcel returns to one or more locations, when approved by the manager, New Busi-ness Opportunities.***
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25.1.2 Eligibility
[Revise the first sentence of 25.1.2 as follows:]
SBP participation may be authorized for applicants who receive a minimum of 10,000 combined qualifying returns
per year to one or more locations, when approved by the manager, New Business Opportunities.***
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Pricing, 9-20-12
IMM Revision: Postage Payment Methods Effective November 5, 2012, the Postal Service™ will
revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser-vice, International Mail Manual (IMM®) part 152 to better identify and define various postage payment methods, including postage stamps, postage meter imprints, post-age validation imprint (PVI) labels, Forever Print-on-Demand Indicia labels, and PC Postage® imprints.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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1 International Mail Services
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150 Postage
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152 Payment Methods
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[Switch the order of sections 152.2 and 152.3, so that “Computing Postage” is the title of 152.2 and “Stamps” is the title of 152.3. Revise the renumbered 152.3 it its entirety to read as follows:]
152.3 Stamps
152.31 Types of Stamps
The following types of stamps may be used to pay for post-age and fees for extra services listed under chapter 3 for all single-piece international mail transactions:
a. Denominated postage stamps: A denominated post-age stamp’s value is based on the dollar amount that is printed on the stamp. Any denominated postage stamp issued by the United States, unless listed in DMM 604.1.3, is valid for postage.
b. Nondenominated postage stamps (excludes precan-celed stamps under 152.33): A nondenominated postage stamp’s value is linked to its domestic post-age issue price (e.g., the Antique Toys stamp, issued on June 7, 2002, has a postage value of 37 cents). A complete listing of nondenominated postage stamps is available in Quick Service Guide (QSG) 604a found online at http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/qsg300/q604a.pdf.
c. Nondenominated semipostal stamps: Nondenomi-nated semipostal stamps (e.g., Stop Family Violenceor Breast Cancer Research) are sold at a price that exceeds the postage value of the stamp, with the amount exceeding postage going to the stated cause. Only their value (at the time of purchase) may be used to pay postage. A complete listing of these semipostal stamps and their issue price is available in QSG 604a found online at http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/qsg300/q604a.pdf.
d. Forever Stamps: A Forever stamp’s value is linked to the domestic First-Class Mail single-piece 1-ounce letter price that is in effect on the day of use (mailing) regardless of when the stamp is purchased and re-gardless of how its price may change in the future.
152.32 Additional Postage for Nondenominated Postage Stamps or Forever Stamps
Since international postage prices are always higher than the comparable domestic postage prices, mailers who affix a single nondenominated postage stamp or a Foreverstamp to their outbound mailpieces must add additional postage to comply with the international price schedule.
152.33 Precanceled Stamps
Except for the “Nonprofit Org.” variant, mailers may use precanceled stamps for only IPA mailings (see 292.333) and ISAL mailings (see 293.333). The same conditions that are applicable to domestic mail under DMM 604 apply.
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[Renumber existing 152.4 as 152.6 and insert new 152.4 and 152.5 to read as follows:]
152.4 Postage Meters, Postage Validation Imprints (PVI), Forever Print-on-Demand Indicia, and PC Postage
Postage meter imprints, postage validation imprint (PVI) labels, Forever Print-on-Demand Indicia labels, and PC Postage imprints are collectively identified as “postage evi-dencing systems.” A postage evidencing system is a device or system of components that a customer uses to print evidence that postage required for mailing has been paid. Postage evidencing systems print indicia, such as meter imprints or information-based indicia (IBI), to indicate postage payment. Mailers may print these indicia directly on a mailpiece or on a label that is affixed to a mailpiece to pay postage and fees for extra services (see chapter 3) for all single-piece mail transactions. In addition, postage meters may also be used to pay for the “per piece price”
portion of IPA (see 292) and ISAL (see 293) mailings. For additional information, including a listing of authorized postage meter and PC Postage providers, see DMM 604.4.
152.5 Additional Standards for Forever Print-on-Demand Indicia Labels
Mailers may use the USPS-produced Forever Print-on-Demand Indicia labels, which bear an information-based indicia (IBI) and the word “Forever,” in the same way as the Forever stamp described in 152.31d.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Pricing, 9-20-12
HandbooksHandbook AS-353 Revision: Two New Mail Information Programs
The Postal Service™ is enhancing our customers’ visi-bility of their mailings by launching two new programs in 2012. The first program will automate the process to pro-vide business mailers with mailpiece induction information. The tracking of these mailpieces will use the 11-digit ZIP Code™ and/or an Intelligent Mail® barcode. The second will strengthen the digital relationship with consumers and aid all customers with package tracking and visibility within the Postal Service network and through other carrier net-works.
Lastly, in regards to the system manager title update, there is a continuing need to reflect changes in the identity or title of responsible officials.
Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act, was revised to include these modifica-tions, which were published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2012 (77 FR 46528–46529).
Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act
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Appendix — Privacy Act Systems of Records
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Section C. Index of Systems of Records
Part II. Customer System
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USPS 820.200
System Name
Mail Management and Tracking Activity
Categories of Records in the System
[Revise 1 and 5 to read as follows:]
1. Customer information: Customer or contact name, mail and email address(es), title or role, phone num-ber(s), and cellphone carrier.
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5. Customer preference data: Hold mail begin and end date, redelivery date, delivery options, shipping and pickup preferences, drop ship codes, comments and instructions, mailing frequency, preferred delivery dates, and preferred means of contact.
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[Add new 7 to read as follows:]
7. Mail images: Images of mailpieces captured during normal mail processing operations.
Purpose(s)
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[Revise 3 to read as follows:]
3. To provide customers with information about the sta-tus of mailings within the USPS network or other car-rier networks.
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[Renumber current 4 and 5 as new 5 and 6 and insert new 4 to read as follows:]
4. To provide business mailers with information about the status of mailings within the USPS mail process-ing network.
Retrievability
[Revise text to read as follows:]
By customer name, customer ID(s), logon ID, mailing address(es), 11-digit ZIP Code, or any Intelligent Mail bar-code.
Retention and Disposal
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[Renumber current 5 as new 6 and add new 5 to read as fol-lows:]
5. Mailpiece images will be retained up to 3 days.
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[Add new 7 to read as follows:]
7. USPS and other carrier network tracking records are retained for up to 30 days for mail and up to 90 days for packages and special services.
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System Manager(s) and Address
[Revise section to read as follows:]
President, Digital Solutions, United States Postal Ser-vice, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.Chief Information Officer, United States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.Chief Marketing/Sales Officer and Executive Vice Presi-dent, United States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online update of Handbook AS-353 available on the Postal Ser-vice™ PolicyNet website:
Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
Then click HBKs.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
Refer any questions about this revision to the Records Office at 202-268-2608.
— Privacy Office, General Counsel and Executive VP, 9-20-12
PublicationsPublication 75, Mover’s Guide, News
What’s New?As of October 1, 2012, recycle any old copies of Publica-
tion 75, Mover’s Guide. All Post Offices should receive the new October – December 2012 issue of Publication 75 by September 30, 2012. Similar to last quarter’s shipment, the total quantity of Mover’s Guide copies sent to your facility may have been reduced. In an effort to reduce waste and account for more customers submitting change-of-address orders online, fewer Mover’s Guide copies are needed. There are several things you can do to conserve as well:
Make sure customers are aware that USPS.com® is the most convenient, safe, and secure way for cus-tomers to submit a change-of-address order.
Encourage carriers to take ICOA message cards on their routes instead of Mover’s Guide copies.
Give Mover’s Guide copies out to moving customers only.
Important RemindersCopies of Mover’s Guide must be kept behind the counter ONLY, not in inner or outer lobbies or on clerk counters.
Customers unwilling or unable to submit their change of address at www.usps.com should be given a com-plete, unopened copy of Mover’s Guide.
Provide no more than three copies of Mover’s Guide to each customer.
Mover’s Guide is printed and distributed four times a year.
Shipment Information and Inventory ManagementOffices will continue to receive copies of Mover’s Guide
in one or two shipments. The first shipments should arrive at the end of September. The second shipments will arrive 3 to 5 weeks later.
Boxes with orange stickers are the first shipment for this print run.
Boxes with blue stickers are the second and final shipment for this print run.
To track or find your office’s shipment information, go to http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/operations/ops_downloads.htm and click Mover’s Guide (Pub 75) Dis-tribution for October – December 2012. Use the CTRL+ F
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Function while the “Fedstrip” Column is highlighted to search for your office.
To request a shipment quantity change, call Imagitas at 800-816-6837.
Businesses and organizations must purchase their cop-ies of Mover’s Guide and can obtain order forms by calling Imagitas at 800-816-6837.
ICOA Message Card InformationIf your Post Office™ has an ICOA message card display,
replenishment cards and updated banners will be mailed
with your Mover’s Guide shipments. Do not throw the dis-play away. The display is required to be in the lobby and expected to have the ICOA message cards in it at all times.
If any Post Office runs out of ICOA message cards between shipments, use the website at http:// imagitas.com/contact/postal-request-form/ or call 800-816-6837 for replenishment.
— Address Management, Product Information, 9-20-12
Publication 431 Revision: Changes to Post Office Box Service and Caller Service Fee Groups Effective September 20, 2012, Publication 431, Post
Office Box Service and Caller Service Fee Groups, is revised to include the following changes.
Publication 431, Post Office Box Service and Caller Service Fee Groups
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[Delete the following entries:]
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[Revise the following entries:]
ZIP Code184607796779748
ZIP Code Fee Group ZIP Code Fee Group ZIP Code Fee Group
ZIP Code Fee Group08541 3308544 3308611 3308620 3408625 3408645 3408646 3408647 3408666 3408695 3419880 3319905 3321046 3321065 3321235 3321241 3321263 3321264 3321273 3321275 3321279 3321280 3321283 3321288 3321289 3321290 3321297 3321690 3222035 3422118 3422119 3423285 3523291 3527626 3328052 3428242 3328575 3529410 3330169 34
50306 3650331 3650334 3650336 3650340 3650368 3650380 3650381 3650980 3650981 3655440 3555459 3555480 3555485 3555486 3556372 3356397 3356398 3357117 3458122 35
58125 3580271 3580281 3580291 3584087 3484130 3684131 3684141 3684145 3588901 3189177 3194556 3194603 3394808 3895115 3597076 3499205 34
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The online version of Publication 431 is dated July 2010. Publication 431 is currently available on the Postal Ser-vice™ PolicyNet website (http://blue.usps.gov/cpim):
Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
Click PUBs.
Offices with WebBATS access can view current Publi-cation 431 information by generating a WebBATS Facility Information Report as follows:
1. Go to the WebBATS main menu, and select Reports. The reports page opens.
2. Under the Clients/System column, System category, click Facility Information.
3. View the Fee Group field in the report.
— Retail Services, Channel Access, 9-20-12
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Organization Information
Corporate CommunicationsThe Postal Service Brand: Simple
Interactions with the Postal Service™ should always be inviting and never a chore, and at the heart of a positive customer experience is simplicity.
At USPS®, simplicity is…
Price structures that are easier to comprehend and take advantage of.
A website that is simpler to navigate.
New mailing and shipping products that are more intuitive to use.
An easier and more attractive customer interface experience at every point of access.
This simplicity can spur growth in the mailing industry and revitalize the way the Postal Service is perceived.
We are creating a Postal Service that embodies simplic-ity in every conceivable way.
— Brand and Policy, Corporate Communications, 9-20-12
Mailing and Shipping ServicesMail Alert
The mailings below will be deposited in the near future. Offices should process this mail according to applicable service standards with the in-home dates in mind. Mailers wishing to participate in these alerts, for mailings of 1 mil-lion pieces or more, should contact Business Service Net-work Integration at 202-268-3258 at least 1 month preceding the requested delivery dates. The Postal Ser-
vice™ also offers electronic Mail Alerts via ADVANCE. For more information, see the ADVANCE Notification & Track-ing System Technical Guide on the Internet at http://ribbs.usps.gov/advance/documents/tech_guides/advtech.pdf or contact the National Customer Support Center at 800-238-3150.
— Business Customer Support and Services, Customer and Industry Affairs, 9-20-12
Requested Delivery Dates Title of Mailing
Class and Type of Mail
Number of Pieces (Millions) Distribution Presort Level Comments
9/25/12–10/03/12 Costco Connection Standard/ Flat 8.5 National 3/5 Digit Quad Graphics10/01/12–0/04/12 Seventh Avenue Standard Catalog 1.0 National 3/5 Digit Quad Graphics
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RetailStop Sending Copies of PS Form 8176, Premium Forwarding Service Application, to Headquarters
Offices are no longer required to send a copy of PS Form 8176, Premium Forwarding Service® (PFS®) Application, to Headquarters (HQ). In 2005, the application was a four-part form and “Distribution: Copy 3 — HQ” was sent to Headquarters. The form has been revised multiple times and “Distribution: Copy 3 — HQ” has not been a part of the application for several years, but we continue to get copies of the application. Many offices continue to use the 2005 or 2006 edition of the form, and others are making copies of “Distribution: Copy 1 — Post Office” and sending it to HQ.
Please use the most current, January 2011, edition of the form. It has a new format and the Terms and Condi-tions have been updated. You can order the current edition of the form from the Material Distribution Center and use touch-tone order entry (TTOE). Call 800-273-1509.
Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. (Wait 48 hours after register-ing before placing your first order.)
Use the following information to order PS Form 8176:
PSIN: PS8176
PSN: 7530-07-000-6197
Unit of Measure: EA
Minimum Order Quantity: 1
Maximum Order Quantity: 1000
Bulk Pack Quantity: 1000
Quick Pick Number: 640
Price: $0.0712
Edition Date: 01/11
See Publication 621, PFS Guidebook for Employees, for PFS rules. You can access Publication 621 online at http://blue.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub621.pdf.
— Retail Services, Channel Access, 9-20-12
Stamp ServicesPostmark America
As a community service, the U. S. Postal Service® offers collectible postmarks. The Postmark America® program is designed to feature graphics related to a theme or image that pertains to a specific tourist location, town, or region. The postmark is applied upon request to both outgoing mail and on hand-back philatelic collectibles. These post-marks will be available any day a participating Post Office™ is open. All requests must bear at least minimum First-Class Mail® postage. Customers must present their items for postmarking on or before the official postmark date requested at the following address:
Bristol Post Office 699 Beaver Street Bristol, PA 19007-9998
— Stamp Services, Marketing and Sales, 9-20-12
Updates: Four Flags Stamp and Earthscapes StampsIn the article “Stamp Announcement 12-46: Four Flags”
in Postal Bulletin 22343 (8-9-12, pages 45–46), the issue date and city have changed. In the article “Stamp Announcement 12-48: Earthscapes in Postal Bulletin 22345 (9-6-12, pages 22–23), the issue city has changed. The updated information is given here in bold.
Four Flags Stamp:Issue Date & City September 22, 2012, Humble, TX 77338
Earthscapes Stamp:Issue Date & City October 1, 2012, Greenbelt, MD 20770
— Stamp Services, Marketing and Sales, 9-20-12
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Pictorial Postmarks AnnouncementAs a community service, the Postal Service™ offers pic-
torial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears below. The sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. Also provided are illustrations of these postmarks.
People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post Office™ station established there. Those who cannot attend the event but who wish to obtain the postmark may submit a mail order request. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.
All requests must include a stamped envelope or post-card bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail® post-age. Items submitted for postmark may not include
postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Such items will be returned unserviced.
Customers wishing to obtain a postmark should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdi-ness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to: Pictorial Postmarks, followed by the Name of the Station, Address, City, State, ZIP+4® Code, as listed below.
Customers can also send stamped envelopes and post-cards without addresses for postmark, as long as they sup-ply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
The following pictorial postmarks have been extended for 120 days:
September 13, 2012
Maryland, Civil War Trails
Battle of Braddock’s Gap JEB StuartPostmaster4707 Schley AvenueBraddock Heights, MD 21714-9998
September 13, 2012
United States Postal Service
Battle of Braddock’s Gap CannonPostmaster4707 Schley AvenueBraddock Heights, MD 21714-9998
September 14, 2012
Maryland, Civil War Trails
Battle of South Mountain — Fox’s GapPostmaster4707 Schley AvenueBraddock Heights, MD 21714-9998
The following pictorial postmarks have been extended for 60 days:
August 3, 2012
United States Postal Service
Ellington Town Picnic StationPostmaster5008 Mill StreetEllington, NY 14732-9998
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August 11, 2012
Town of Alexander
Bicentennial StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Alexander, NY 14005-9998
The following pictorial postmarks have been extended for 30 days:
September 8, 2012
Helvetia Fair Association
Helvetia Fair StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Helvetia, WV 26224-9998
September 8–9, 2012
United States Postal Service
Girl Scouts 1912–2012 StationPostmaster1124 Pacific StreetOmaha, NE 68108-9998
September 11, 2012
Prospect Lioness Club
Cycle Oregon StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Prospect, OR 97536-9998
September 12, 2012
Stephen Decatur Chapter #4 Universal Ship Cancellation Society
25th Anniversary of Commissioning StationPostmasterPO Box 719Norfolk, VA 23501-9998
September 14–15, 2012
United States Postal Service
Anniversary StationPostmaster302 W. Madison StreetPontiac, IL 61764-9998
September 14, 2012
United States Postal Service
Connie Mack Station Postmaster103 Mechanic StreetEast Brookfield, MA 01515-9998
postal bulletin 22346 (9-20-12)Organization Information 53
September 15, 2012
Shiremanstown Historical Society
50th Anniversary StationStation Manager10 W. Main StreetShiremanstown, PA 17011-9998
September 15, 2012
National Park Service
Battle of Antietam 150th AnniversaryPostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-9998
September 16, 2012
National Park Service
Battle of Antietam 150th AnniversaryPostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-9998
September 17, 2012
Maryland Civil War Trails
Sesquicentennial Station Maryland MonumentPostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-9998
September 17, 2012
National Park Service
Battle of Antietam 150th Anniversary Burnside BridgePostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-9998
September 17, 2012
Baltimore Civil War, Museum
Battle of Antietam 150th — Bloody Lane TowerPostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-998
September 17, 2012
Friends of the President Street Station
Sesquicentennial Station Dunker ChurchPostmaster118 E. Chapline StreetSharpsburg, MD 21782-9998
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September 19, 2012
The Greater Atlanta Postal Customer Council
National PCC Day StationPostmaster3900 Crown RoadAtlanta, GA 30304-9998
September 21–23, 2012
Milwaukee Philatelic Society
Milcopex StationPostmasterPO Box 5066Milwaukee, WI 53201-5066
September 21–23, 2012
Houston Philatelic Society
Stamp Show StationPostmaster401 Franklin StreetHouston, TX 77201-9718
September 22, 2012
Saratoga Civil War Encampment
Civil War Heritage StationPostmaster245 Washington StreetSaratoga Springs, NY 12866-9998
September 22, 2012
United States Postal Service
Apple Festival StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Liberty, KY 42539-9998
September 22, 2012
Stephen Decatur Chapter #4 Universal Ship Cancellation Society
Commissioning StationPostmaster
601 25th StreetGalveston, TX 77550-9998
September 22, 2012
Northern Nevada Railway
Nevada Rail Heritage Station
Postmaster2600 Bristlecone AvenueEly, NV 89301-9998
September 25, 2012
Stephen Decatur Chapter #4 Universal Ship Cancellation Society
30th Anniversary StationPostmasterPO Box 719Norfolk, VA 23501-9998
September 26, 2012
United States Postal Service
100th Anniversary StationPostmaster211 S. Jackson StreetMcCleansboro, IL 62859-9998
September 27, 2012
United States Postal Service
One and Only StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Alton, VA 24520-9998
September 27–29, 2012
Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce
Mayberry Days StationPostmaster111 S. Main StreetMt. Airy, NC 27030-9998
September 28, 2012
Oktoberfest USA Committee
52nd Anniversary Oktoberfest Station
Postmaster PO Box 9998La Crosse, WI 54601-9998
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— Stamp Services, Marketing and Sales, 9-20-12
September 28, 2012
Warrens Cranberry Festival Committee
Warrens Cranberry Festival Station
PostmasterPO Box 9998Warrens, WI 54666-9998
September 28, 2012
Friends of Timberline
Diamond Jubilee StationPostmaster88331 E. Government Camp
Government Camp, OR 97028-9998
September 28–30, 2012
United States Postal Service
IndyPex StationPostmaster125 W. South StreetIndianapolis, IN 46206-9998
September 29, 2012
Antique Tractor Show
Tractors on the Square Station
Postmaster201 GarfieldWest Plains, MO 65775-9998
September 29, 2012Port Royal 200
Bi-Centennial StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Port Royal, PA 17082-9998
September 29, 2012
Natalia Centennial Committee
Natalia Texas Centennial Station
Postmaster2200 State Hwy. 132 NNatalia, TX 78059-9998
September 29, 2012
United States Postal Service
AppleUmpkin Festival Station
Postmaster2 South AcademyWyoming, NY 14591-9998
September 29–30, 2012
Rugby Rescue – Fire – Hux
Rugby StationPostmasterPO Box 9998Mouth of Wilson, VA 24363-9998
October 1, 2012
Manheim 250th Celebration Executive Committee
Founders Day StationPostmaster47 S. Main StreetManheim, PA 17545-9998
October 1, 2012
United States Postal Service
NSCM Stampin’ Rodeo Station
PostmasterPO Box 9998Steamboat Rock, IA 50672-9998
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How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color or Traditional PostmarksCustomers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue
postmarks by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, by telephone at 800-STAMP-24, or at The Postal Store® website at www.usps.com/shop.
Traditional PostmarksCustomers should affix the stamps to envelopes of their
choice, address them to themselves or others, or provide a self-addressed return envelope with sufficient postage large enough to accommodate the canceled item. Mail the request to the corresponding city of issuance. There is no charge for the first 50 postmarks. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. Customers should submit a check, money order, or credit card for payment. After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service™ will return the envelopes to the customer by U.S. Mail.
All postmark requests should go to the first-day-of-issue city. The first day of issue city Post Office will then forward in bulk all postmark requests to Cancellation Ser-vices, Stamp Fulfillment Services, PO Box 449992, Kansas City, MO 64144-9992 by respective Post Offices.
Digital Color PostmarksOnly select stamp issues offer a digital color postmark.
Customers may submit #6 or #10 envelopes constructed of paper rated as “laser safe.” The Postal Service recom-mends envelopes of 80-pound Accent Opaque, acid-free, 9/16" side seams with no glue on the flap. The maximum
size of all digital color postmarks is 2" high x 4" long. Allow sufficient space on the envelope to accommodate the postmark. Do not use self-adhesive labels for addresses on the envelope. Two test envelopes must be included. There is a minimum of 10 envelopes at 50 cents per postmark required at the time of servicing. Customers should submit a check, money order, or credit card for payment.
The Postal Service reserves the right to not accept hand-painted and other cachet envelopes that are not compatible with our digital color postmark equipment. The Postal Service also reserves the right to substitute tradi-tional black rubber postmarks if use of nonspecified enve-lopes results in poor image quality or damage to equipment.
Customers should affix the stamps to the envelopes and address them to themselves or others for return through the mail. Or, they may include an additional self-addressed return envelope, large enough to accommodate their can-celed items, with sufficient postage affixed for return of their postmarked items. Mail the request for a first-day-of-issue digital color postmark to the corresponding city of issuance. Post Offices will then forward all customer requests for digital color postmarks to Cancellation Services, Stamp Fulfillment Services, PO Box 449992, Kansas City, MO 64144-9992.
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes to the customer by U.S. Mail.
Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Joe DiMaggio Stamp
Deborah HartSpecial Events
380 West 33rd Street, Rm. 4032New York, NY 10199-9998
September 21, 2012
Black and White Pictorial
Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Joe DiMaggio Stamp
Deborah HartSpecial Events
380 West 33rd Street, Rm. 4032New York, NY 10199-9998
September 21, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Larry Doby Stamp
2200 Orange Avenue, Room 206Cleveland, OH 44101-9996
September 21, 2012
Black and White Pictorial
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Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Larry Doby Stamp
2200 Orange Avenue, Room 206Cleveland, OH 44101-9996
September 21, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Willie Stargell Stamp
Philatelic Clerk700 Grant Street, Suite APittsburgh, PA 15219-9998
September 21, 2012
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Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Willie Stargell Stamp
Philatelic Clerk700 Grant Street, Suite APittsburgh, PA 15219-9998
September 21, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Ted Williams Stamp
Retail DepartmentGreater Boston District25 Dorchester Avenue, Rm. 3011Boston, MA 02205-9600
September 21, 2012
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Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Ted Williams Stamp
Retail DepartmentGreater Boston District25 Dorchester Avenue, Rm. 3011Boston, MA 02205-9600
September 21, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Innovative Choreographers StampLos Angeles District7001 S. Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90052-9998
September 28, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
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Innovative Choreographers StampLos Angeles District7001 S. Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90052-9998
September 28, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Innovative Choreographers StampLos Angeles District7001 S. Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90052-9998
September 28, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Innovative Choreographers StampLos Angeles District7001 S. Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90052-9998
September 28, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Flags of Our Nation: Set 6 StampsPostmasterSacramento Post Office2000 Royal Oaks DriveSacramento, CA 95813-9998
October 16, 2012
Black and White Pictorial
Flags of Our Nation: Set 6 StampsPostmasterSacramento Post Office2000 Royal Oaks DriveSacramento, CA 95813-9998
October 16, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Edgar Rice Burroughs StampTarzana Post Office5609 Yolanda AvenueTarzana, CA 91356-9998
October 17, 2012
Black and White Pictorial
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— Stamp Services, Marketing and Sales, 9-20-12
Edgar Rice Burroughs StampTarzana Post Office5609 Yolanda AvenueTarzana, CA 91356-9998
October 17, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
The War of 1812: USS Constitution Stamp
Postmaster25 Dorchester AvenueBoston, MA 02205-9998
October 18, 2012
Black and White Pictorial
The War of 1812: USS Constitution Stamp
Postmaster25 Dorchester AvenueBoston, MA 02205-9998
October 18, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
O. Henry StampGreensboro Main Office201 N. Murrow Blvd.Greensboro, NC 27420-9998
November 12, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Earthscapes StampsPostmaster7600 Ora Glen DriveGreenbelt, MD 20770-9998
December 2, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
Santa and Sleigh Stamp BookletPostmaster421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029BNew York, NY 10199-9998
December 11, 2012
Digital Color Pictorial
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SustainabilityConvert Post Office Lobby Waste Receptacles to Recycling Receptacles
Your Post Office™ can promote recycling by participat-ing in the Discarded Lobby Mail Recycling Program. Reduce your solid-waste disposal costs and increase rev-enue by converting the built-in, lobby waste receptacles to recycling receptacles. It’s easy — just apply Label 891, Please Recycle: Paper Only, to your waste receptacles.
Label 891 can be applied to the existing Carolina cabi-nets with the word “Waste” on the swinging door and to the new cabinets, with no swinging door and a slot for inserting paper. By retrofitting cabinets, postmasters can reduce costs significantly — as long as they have access to recy-cling services for paper waste.
By offering customers the opportunity to recycle their discarded mail in the lobby, the Postal Service™ can play an important role in meeting customers’ environmental expectations. For further information and for a copy of the Retrofit Guide for Built-in Cabinetry, go to http://blue.usps.gov/sustainability/earthday/ordering_green_supplies.htm or send an e-mail to [email protected].
Use the eBuy on-catalog requisition system to order Label 891 from the Material Distribution Center (MDC). Search for items using the PSN number listed here (without the dashes). If your office doesn’t have access to eBuy, order using touch-tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-273-1509.
You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-00317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. (Wait 48 hours after register-ing before placing your first order.) For complete TTOE ordering instructions, see the document at http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/_doc/ops_ttoeins.doc or call 800-332-0317, option 4, option 4
Use the following information to order Label 891:
PSIN: LAB891
PSN: 7690-16-000-7922
Unit of Measure: EA
Minimum Order Quantity: 1
Maximum Order Quantity: N/A
Bulk Pack Quantity: N/A
Quick Pick Number: N/A
Price: $0.00
Edition Date: N/A
— Sustainability, Deputy Postmaster General, 9-20-12
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Built-in Cabinetry Recycling Containers To promote the USPS® Green commitment, we are
encouraging Post Offices™ to participate in the recycling program. By converting built-in waste receptacles to recy-cling receptacles, offices can reduce their trash volume costs and increase revenue.
You can offer your customers a place to recycle their paper waste in retrofitted waste receptacles. Use Label 891, Please Recycle: Paper Only, and these containers to collect the recyclable material and reduce solid waste in your lobbies. See “Convert Post Office Lobby Waste Receptacles to Recycling Receptacles” on page 61.
Containers come in two sizes:
7-gallon container (19½" long x 15 3/8" wide x 14½" high).
14-gallon container (14½" long x 10½" wide x 15" high).
The Postal Service™ can make significant reductions in its solid waste disposal costs if customers recycle their mail and paper waste. By offering customers the opportu-nity to recycle their mail and paper in the lobby, the Postal Service can also play an important role in meeting custom-ers’ environmental expectations.
Affected postmasters should use the eBuy on-catalog requisition system to order the recycling containers from the MDC. Search for items using the PSN number listed below (with the dashes). If your office doesn’t have access to eBuy, order using touch-tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-273-1509.
Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-00317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. (Please wait 48 hours after registering before placing your first order.) For complete TTOE ordering instructions visit the Materials Customer Service website at http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/_doc/ops_ttoeins.doc or call 800-332-0317, option 4, option 4.
Use the following information to order the recycling containers:
7-Gallon Container:
PSIN: 7Gal
PSN: 4250-15-000-0666
Unit of Measure: EA
Minimum Order Quantity: 1
Maximum Order Quantity: 1
Bulk Pack Quantity: N/A
Quick Pick Number: N/A
Price: $0.00
Edition Date: N/A
14-Gallon Container:
PSIN: 14Gal
PSN: 4250-15-000-0665
Unit of Measure: EA
Minimum Order Quantity: 1
Maximum Order Quantity: N/A
Bulk Pack Quantity: N/A
Quick Pick Number: N/A
Price: $0.00
Edition Date: N/A
— Sustainability, Deputy Postmaster General, 9-20-12
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USPS.com
What’s New on USPS.com? The Postal Service™ rebranded the Shipping Assistant desktop application as Click-N-Ship For Business™ in April.
Along with the rebranding, Click-N-Ship For Business has an improved navigation and a new look and feel. The Postal Ser-vice will continue to enhance customer options by expanding the functionality and capabilities of the Click-N-Ship For Busi-ness application. These application enhancements will improve the customer experience and increase efficiencies for both domestic and international services while simultaneously building upon the current capabilities available for permit imprint and meter users.
To learn more and download this free desktop software, go to www.usps.com/business/click-n-ship-for-business.htm.
— Digital Access, Channel Access, 9-20-12
475 L'ENFANT PLAZA SWWASHINGTON DC 20260-5540
First-Class MailPostage & Fees PaidUSPSPermit No. G-10
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