Effective May 6, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) item 292.47c for consistency and clarity. This revision closely mirrors the revised text in IMM 293.47, as noted in the article titled “IMM Revision: Mail Preparation for IPA and ISAL” in Postal Bulletin 22360 (4-4-13, page 14).
There are no substantive changes in this revision.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.47 Mail Preparation for Canada
***Mailers must prepare presorted IPA mail (full-service price and ISC drop shipment price) to Canada as follows:
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[Revise the last sentence in item c to read as follows:]
c. Direct Country Container Label. ***Mailers who claim the full-service price must complete labels for containers (letter trays, flat trays, or sacks) as follows (see Exhibit 292.47 for the list of Canadian Destinations and U.S. Exchange Offices):
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 4-18-13
