Effective January 22, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), sections 311.1, 311.32, and 311.42, and all applicable Individual Country Listings (ICLs), to indicate that mailers use only one form for both international and domestic certificate of mailing firm books. At the request of the mailing community, the Postal Service will issue a revised PS Form 3665, Certificate of Mailing — Firm, that mailers can use for both international and domestic certificate of mailing firm books — this revision will mirror the current PS Form 3817, Certificate of Mailing, which mailers may use for both international and domestic mail. Also, the Postal Service will revise PS Form 3877, Firm Mailing Book for Accountable Mail, to remove references to international certificate of mailing service.
The Postal Service will continue to accept the current edition of PS Form 3665 (dated January 2016) for both domestic and international items until we release the revised edition. We request that mailers separate their international items from domestic items and list international items first when using the current edition for both domestic and international items. Mailers may also continue to use the current edition of PS Form 3877 (dated April 2015) for international certificate of mailing service until we release the revised edition. Once we release the revised PS Form 3665, mailers will no longer use PS Form 3877 for international certificate of mailing service.
We will issue additional notification when the revised editions of PS Form 3665 and PS Form 3877 are available and when we have officially revised other types of documentation.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual
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3 Extra Services
310 Certificate of Mailing
311 Individual Pieces
311.1 Description
[In the second sentence, replace “PS Form 3877” and its title with “PS Form 3665” and its title to read as follows:]
***Certificate of mailing service does not provide a record of delivery, and the Postal Service does not retain copies of PS Form 3817, Certificate of Mailing, or PS Form 3665, Certificate of Mailing — Firm, or USPS-approved facsimiles.***
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311.3 Fees
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311.32 Three or More Individual Pieces
[Throughout the text, replace “PS Form 3877” with “PS Form 3665” to read as follows:]
When mailing three or more pieces, the mailer may optionally use PS Form 3665. In addition to the correct postage, the mailer must pay the certificate of mailing fee for each article on PS Form 3665 by affixing ordinary (uncancelled) stamps, meter imprints, or PC Postage imprints to PS Form 3665. Mailers paying for the postage with a permit imprint may also pay the fee at the time of mailing using the same permit imprint account. For a separate fee, the mailer may request a duplicate copy of PS Form 3665 after mailing (see 311.22). See Notice 123, Price List.
311.4 Mailer Preparation
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311.42 Three or More Individual Pieces
[In the first and third sentences, replace “PS Form 3877” with “PS Form 3665” to read as follows:]
To obtain a certificate of mailing service for three or more pieces of eligible items (see 311.21), the mailer may use PS Form 3665 or a USPS-approved facsimile.***The mailer may also use USPS-approved computer-generated firm sheets that contain the same information as PS Form 3665.***
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Individual Country Listings
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Extra Services
Certificate of Mailing (310)
Individual Pieces
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[For every country for which certificate of mailing service is available, replace “PS Form 3877” with “PS Form 3665” to read as follows:]
Firm mailing books (PS Form 3665), per article listed (minimum 3).
Duplicate copy of PS Form 3817 or PS Form 3665 (per page).***
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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