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IMM Revision: Packaging and Shipping International Cremated Remains

Effective November 13, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 139.2 to change a reference to a part of Appendix C in Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, that provides packaging instructions for cremated remains.

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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)

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1 International Mail Services

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130 Mailability

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139 Cremated Remains

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139.2 Packaging

[Revise the last sentence to read as follows:]

***Also see Publication 52, Packaging Instruction 10B.

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Although effective on November 13, 2014, we will incorporate this revision into the online IMM that will be published on January 26, 2015. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.