Effective March 14, 2010, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 221.2 to add France (excluding Corsica and Monaco) and Singapore to the list of countries to which Express Mail International® with Guarantee service is available.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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220 Express Mail International
221 Description and Physical Characteristics
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221.2 Express Mail International With Guarantee Service
[Revise 221.2 to read as follows (incorporating France and Singapore):]
Express Mail International With Guarantee service offers a date-certain, postage-refund guarantee. This postage-refund guarantee is not available for items paid via a permit imprint under 223.221. This service is available only to the following countries:
a. Australia.
b. China.
c. France (does not include Corsica and Monaco).
d. Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
e. Hong Kong.
f. Japan.
g. Republic of Korea (South Korea).
h. Singapore.
i. Spain (does not include Canary Islands).
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Individual Country Listings
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France (Includes Corsica and Monaco)
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Express Mail International (220)
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Notes:
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[Add a new Note 8 to read as follows:]
8. Express Mail International With Guarantee service — which offers a date-certain, postage-refund guarantee — is available to France but not to Corsica or Monaco.
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Singapore
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Express Mail International (220)
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Notes:
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[Add a new Note 3 to read as follows:]
3. Express Mail International With Guarantee service — which offers a date-certain, postage-refund guarantee — is available to Singapore.
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We will incorporate these revisions 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.
— International Postal Affairs,
Global Business, 2-11-10
