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NOTICE 21
Notice 21, 13-Period Year Calendar - 2002-2003, is
printed on page 2. It is also available on the Postal Service
Intranet at http://blue.usps.gov; select Information, then
Policies & Procedures, then Notices.
- National Accounting, Finance, 11-29-01
A summary of vending machine income sharing and other activities related to the Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 is required for fiscal year 2001 (September
9, 2000, through September 7, 2001). This report (see
page 4) complies with an annual request from the
Department of Education and Handbook EL-602, Food
Service Operations, 441.3.
The report covers proceeds and/or commissions of every postal installation with even a single coin-operated
vending machine (stamp machines excepted) selling
snacks, drinks, food, or tobacco. Postmasters, installation
heads, lead plant and district managers, and district Human
Resources and Headquarters field unit managers must prepare or consolidate and send reports as described below
by the dates shown.
Send final reports to the processing and distribution lead
plant or customer service and sales district level manager.
Postmasters must send consolidated reports to appropriate
managers (see format for reporting vending machine income provided) including proceeds and/or commissions
from vending machines at their branches and stations.
Consolidate reports by state and forward them to district
Human Resources managers.
Send consolidated reports, summarized by state, to this
address:
ANNUAL VENDING INCOME REPORT
MANAGER PERSONNEL OPERATIONS SUPPORT
US POSTAL SERVICE
475 L'ENFANT PLZ SW RM 1831
WASHINGTON DC 20260-4261
- Employee Resource Management, 11-29-01
IMM REVISION
Effective November 29, 2001, section 283.23 and the Individual Country Listing for Azerbaijan in the International
Mail Manual (IMM) are revised to reflect the implementation
of exceptional size limits for both airmail and economy (surface) Parcel PostŪ packages that are mailed to Azerbaijan.
We will incorporate this revision into both the printed version of IMM Issue 26 and the next printed version of Publication 51, International Postal Rates and Fees. We will also
incorporate the revision into the online versions of the IMM
and Publication 51, both of which can be accessed via
Postal Explorer at http://pe.usps.gov.
International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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280 Parcel Post
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283 Weight and Size Limits
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283.2 Size Limits
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283.23 Exceptional Size Limits
[Revise 283.23 to read as follows:]
Rectangular-shaped parcels with dimensions that exceed
the standard 42-inch (maximum length) and 79-inch (maximum length and girth combined) size limits can be sent to
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain,
Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macao, Sweden, and Switzerland. See the relevant Individual Country
Listings, under the header "Size Limits," for the exceptional
size limits that apply to parcels addressed to each of those
destination countries.
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Country Conditions for Mailing - Azerbaijan
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Size Limits
[Revise the Parcel Post entry to read as follows:]
Parcel Post: Maximum Length: 60 inches Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches
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Publication 51, International Postal Rates and
Fees
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Mail Preparation
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Size Limits - Parcel Post
[Add Azerbaijan to the list of Exceptions as follows:]
Exceptions: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great
Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macao,
Sweden, and Switzerland.
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- Marketing, International Business, 11-29-01
IMM REVISION
Effective January 1, 2002, section 324.22 and Exhibit
324.22 in the International Mail Manual (IMM) are revised to
reflect a change in the SDR to U.S. dollar conversion rate.
Postal Service retail employees use this information whenever an insured parcel is presented for mailing. Employees
must write the insured amount, stated in terms of both dollars and SDR values, in the designated blocks on PS Form
2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note CP 72.
We will incorporate these revisions into both the printed
version of IMM Issue 26 and the online IMM, which can be
accessed via Postal Explorer at http://pe.usps.gov.
International Mail Manual (IMM)
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3 Special Services
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320 Insurance
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324 Processing Requests
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324.2 Marking
324.22 Retail Employee's Responsibility
[Revise 324.22 to read as follows:]
Retail employee must:
a. Indicate on the parcel the amount for which the parcel is insured. The amount must be written in ink and
expressed in U.S. currency (figures) and special
drawing rights (SDR) values. Indicate the SDR values in figures only. For example:
INSURED VALUE
$100 (U.S.)
78.28 SDR
b. See Exhibit 324.22 for an SDR conversion table for
all U.S. dollar values up to $600. To determine SDR
equivalents above $600, the acceptance employee
must multiply the insured amount, rounded up to the
next full dollar, by the conversion factor 0.7828.
Note: The conversion of U.S. dollars into SDR
equivalents is based on the following formulas:
1 SDR = $1.28 (1.2775) 1 U.S.$ = 0.7828 SDR
c. Enter the insured number, insured amount, and SDR
equivalent on PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration
and Dispatch Note CP 72.
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