Effective March 24, 2011, Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, is revised to allow unsold (off sale) bird stamps to be retained in the unit reserve accountability until the postal retail unit’s (PRU’s) next scheduled return of nonsaleable stock. Bird stamps may now be included (by item number) on PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return, along with other nonsaleable stock returned for destruction.
Policy to return unsold bird stamps from retail floor stock and individual stamp credits to the unit reserve stock by April 30th of each year is unchanged. Only philatelic segments are authorized to maintain inventories of prior-year bird stamps for sale to collectors.
Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures
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11 Accountable Paper — Postal Retail Units
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[Revise title as follows:]
11-6 Returning Stock to the SDC or SDO
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11-6.4 Saleable Stock Returned From the Unit Reserve to the SDC or SDO
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Package saleable stock for return as follows:
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d. ***Do not commingle returned saleable stock with stock returned for destruction or IRCs.
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11-6.5 Nonsaleable Stock Returned From the Unit Reserve to the SDC or SDO
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Package nonsaleable stock for return as follows:
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[Revise the last sentence of item c as follows:]
c. ***Do not commingle redeemed stock returned for destruction with saleable stock or IRCs.
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11-6.7 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps
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[Revise the third paragraph as follows:]
An annual Postal Bulletin article reminds PRUs to return unsold bird stamps from retail floor stock and stamp credits to their unit reserve stock. Unit reserve custodians hold prior year (unsold) bird stamps in their inventory to be included with nonsaleable stock returned during their next scheduled destruction.
11-6.7.1 Postal Retail Unit Procedures
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11-6.7.2 Returning Unsold Bird Stamps to the Unit Reserve
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RAs must submit unsold bird stamps to the unit reserve before April 30. The unit reserve stock custodian must include prior year (unsold) bird stamps when returning nonsaleable stamp stock for destruction to their designated SDC or SDO (see part 11-6.2). For additional information for returning nonsaleable stock, see part 11-6.5.
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12 Accountable Paper — Stamp Distribution Office, Stamp Services Center, and Stamp Fulfillment Services
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12-2 Receiving Accountable Paper
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12-2.9 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps SDC and SDO Procedures
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Review prior year usage of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (bird stamps) and be sure to have an adequate supply on hand to fill requisitions during ordering periods.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of Handbook F-101 and also into the online version available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
n Click HBKs.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
— Field and International Accounting,
Controller, 3-24-11
