Effective September 7, 2010, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 503.9.2.4 and 503.10.2.3 to eliminate the Northern Mariana Islands ZIP Code™ (96952) from the tables of ineligible ZIP Codes to receive Delivery Confirmation™ and Signature Confirmation™ services.
Scanning equipment is now available, and it is operationally feasible to offer these services to the Northern Mariana Islands.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
503 Extra Services
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9.0 Delivery Confirmation
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9.2 Basic Information
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9.2.4 Ineligible Matter
Delivery Confirmation service is not available for the following:
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g. Mail addressed to ZIP Codes in the following U.S. territories or Freely Associated States:
[Revise the table in item 9.2.4g by deleting the row pertaining to 96952, Northern Mariana Islands.]
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10.0 Signature Confirmation
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10.2 Basic Information
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10.2.3 Ineligible Matter
Signature Confirmation service is not available for the following:
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f. Mail addressed to ZIP Codes in the following U.S. territories or Freely Associated States:
[Revise the table in item 10.2.3f by deleting the row pertaining to 96952, Northern Mariana Islands.]
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 8-12-10
