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DMM Revision: Clarification of Standards Relating to Mailpieces Bearing a Simplified Address

Effective August 3, 2009, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) 245.68 and 345.69 to pro­vide clarification relating to delivery sequence standards for mailpieces bearing a simplified address.

Current standards describe the requirement for the peri­odic updating of walk sequence information for mailpieces prepared with a simplified address. For these mailpieces, this requirement is fulfilled through the acquisition of cur­rent delivery statistics information.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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200 Commercial Letters and Cards

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240 Standard Mail

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245 Mail Preparation

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6.0 Preparing Enhanced Carrier Route Letters

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6.8 Delivery Sequence Standards

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[Revise the title and text of 6.8.4 as follows:]

6.8.4 Updating Delivery Statistics Information for Simplified Addressing

Mailpieces prepared with a simplified address must be based on delivery stop information obtained within 90 days before the mailing date, either from the Delivery Statistics File or from the postmaster of the destination office (when authorized under 509.1.5).

6.8.5 Out-of-Date Walk Sequence Information

[Revise the text of 6.8.5 as follows:]

Mailings prepared with out-of-date walk-sequencing or delivery statistics information are not eligible for prices requiring walk-sequence preparation.

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300 Commercial Flats

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340 Standard Mail

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345 Mail Preparation

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6.0 Preparing Enhanced Carrier Route Flats

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6.9 Delivery Sequence Standards

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[Revise the title and text of 6.9.4 as follows:]

6.9.4 Updating Delivery Statistics Information for Simplified Addressing

Mailpieces prepared with a simplified address must be based on delivery stop information obtained within 90 days before the mailing date, either from the Delivery Statistics File or from the postmaster of the destination office (when authorized under 509.1.5).

6.9.5 Out-of-Date Walk Sequence Information

[Revise the text of 6.9.5 as follows:]

Mailings prepared with out-of-date walk-sequencing or delivery statistics information are not eligible for prices requiring walk-sequence preparation.

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These revisions will be incorporated into the August update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer^® at http://pe.usps.com and into the next printed version of the DMM.

— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 7-30-09