Front Cover - Stamp program 2003, a nation of firsts. Presidential commission to study the role of the postal service in the 21st century. The postal system is not broken, but there are changing circumstances which require us to think ahead...Commission C0-Chair James Johnson This is not a stealth project to privatize the Postal Service...Treasury Under Secretary Peter Fisher

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Administrative Services

Revised Handbook: AS-820, Postal Computing
Environment

Customer Relations

Mail Alert

Publicity Kit: Black History Month

Domestic Mail

DMM Revision: Five-Digit Scheme Package Preparation
for Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Bound Printed Matter
Flats, and Limitations to Optional 3-Digit Pallet and
3-Digit Sack Preparation

DMM Revision: Change in Administrative Charges for
Refunds of Unused Meter Stamps and Returned Business Reply Mail Mailpieces With Postage Affixed

U.S. Armed Forces/Reminder: "Any Service Member"
Mail - Prohibited

Overseas Military Mail - See Fraud Alert Section

Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday Posters

Fraud Alert

Withholding of Mail Orders

Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account Numbers

Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms

Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order Forms

Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms

Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian Money Orders

Employees

Rural Carriers: Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes

Finance

Notice Available Online: 25, Postal Accounting Period Planning Schedule, Postal Fiscal Year 2003

2003 Pay Dates, Organization Dues, and Leave Year

Federal Income Tax Withholding

International Mail

ICM Updates: International Customized Mail

Licensing

Update: USPS Official Licensed Product Manufacturers and Distributors

Notice: Heroes of 2001 Merchandise for Sale

Notice: Thurgood Marshall and Zora Neale Hurston Licensed Products

Promotions

Summaries of Recent USPS News Releases

Philately

Stamp Announcement 02-50: Zora Neale Hurston Commemorative Stamp

Stamp Announcement 02-51: American Clock Definitive Stamp

Stamp Announcement 02-52: Nurturing Love Stamped Envelopes

Publication 192 Revision: Stamp Cool-Lecting 1-2-3

Pictorial Cancellations Announcement

Special Cancellation Die Hubs

Post Offices

Reminder: "Firm" Packages of Periodicals Must Remain Intact

Retail

Handbook PO-603 Revision: Mail Count Forms

Notice: Vending Product Identifier - Correction

Supply Management

Ordering Instructions: Overprinted PS Form 3849, Delivery Notice/Reminder/Receipt

Postal Bulletin Distribution

Postal Bulletin Index

Semiannual Index PB 22081 (7-25-02)

The Postal Bulletin is published biweekly; information is effective for one year unless it changes a permanent directive or unless otherwise specified.

Ordering Information: Following is the list of postal stock numbers (PSNs) to use when ordering copies of the Postal Bulletin from the MDC:

PB 22092: 7690-05-000-4857

PB 22091: 7690-05-000-4856

PB 22090: 7690-05-000-4855

PB 22089: 7690-05-000-4854

PB 22088: 7690-05-000-4853

PB 22087: 7690-05-000-4852

PB 22086: 7690-05-000-4851

PB 22085: 7690-05-000-4850

PB 22084: 7690-05-000-4849

PB 22083: 7690-05-000-4848

PB 22082: 7690-05-000-4847

PB 22081: 7690-05-000-4846

PB 22080: 7690-05-000-4845

PB 22079: 7690-05-000-4844

PB 22078: 7690-05-000-4843

PB 22077: 7690-05-000-4842

PB 22076: 7690-05-000-4841

PB22075A: 7690-05-000-5051

PB 22075: 7690-05-000-4840

PB 22074: 7690-05-000-4839

PB 22073: 7690-05-000-4838

PB 22072: 7690-05-000-4837

PB 22071: 7690-05-000-4836

PB 22070: 7690-05-000-4835

PB 22069: 7690-05-000-4834

PB 22068: 7690-04-000-5675

PB 22067: 7690-04-000-5674

PB 22066: 7690-04-000-5673

PB 22065: 7690-04-000-5672