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IMM Revision: Iraq — Service Suspension for Global Express Guaranteed Service

Effective November 2, 2009, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser­vice, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect that Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) service to Iraq is suspended due to recent operational changes related to cargo airlift into and out of Iraq.

The suspension became effective October 8, 2009. Until further notice, Post Offices™ must not accept GXG items destined to Iraq.

For already deposited GXG items addressed to Iraq, Post Office employees must endorse them “Mail Service Temporarily Suspended — Return to Sender” and then place them in the mailstream for return. Upon request, the Postal Service will refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service.

We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the IMM and into the monthly update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at
http://pe.usps.com.

— Mailing Standards, Pricing, 10-22-09




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