Licensing

UPDATE

USPS Official Licensed Product Manufacturers and Distributors

The following list contains all current USPS® Official Licensed Product manufacturers and distributors. Changes and additions are in bold. Employees may use this information to purchase products for personal use or as premiums and giveaway items. These products are not for resale.

Products for Postal ServiceTM retail stores are available through the Official Licensed Retail Product (OLRP) program. For further information regarding the OLRP program, please contact your area or district retail manager.

USPS Promotional Products

USPS Corporate Apparel

Commercial Apparel and Jewelry

Posters and Enlargements

Toys and Games

Commercial Novelty

- Licensing, Public Affairs and Communications, 8-21-03

Philately

Pictorial Cancellations Announcement

As a community service, the Postal ServiceTM offers pictorial cancellations to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial cancellations are authorized appears below. If available, the sponsor of the pictorial cancellation appears in italics under the date. Also provided, as space permits, are illustrations of those cancellations that were reproducible and available at press time.

People attending these local events may obtain the cancellation in person at the temporary Post OfficeTM station established there. Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the cancellation, may submit a mail order request. Pictorial cancellations are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial cancellation date.

All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail® postage. Items submitted for cancellation may not include postage issued after the date of the requested cancellation. Such items will be returned unserviced.

Customers wishing to obtain a cancellation should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others,insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to: PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS, followed by the NAME OF THE STATION,ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP+4 CODE, exactly as listed below (using all capitals and no punctuation, except thehyphen in the ZIP+4 code).

Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for cancellation, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.

July 30, 2003

THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM STATION

POSTMASTER

3300 V ST NE

WASHINGTON DC 20018-9998

August 2, 2003

American Legion 359r

POST 359 SYLVAN STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

SYLVAN GROVE KS 67481-9998

August 2, 2003

PURPLE HEART POW WOW STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

WHITE CLOUD MI 49349-9998

August 2, 2003

Fish and Wildlife Service and National Eagle Center

UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

WABASHA MN 55981-9998

August 2, 2003

Chamber of Commerce

GREAT ARKANSAS PIG OUT STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

MORRILTON AR 72110-9998

August 2, 2003

White River Water Carnival

WATER CARNIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

BATESVILLE AR 72501-9998

The following cancellations have been extended for 60 days.

June 21, 2003

FELLS POINT MARITIME MUSEUM GRAND OPENING STATION

POSTMASTER

900 EAST FAYETTE ST

BALTIMORE MD 21233-9998

- Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 8-21-03

STAMP ANNOUNCEMENT CORRECTION

Roy Acuff Commemorative Stamp - Postmark Date

The article titled "Stamp Announcement 03-23: Roy Acuff Commemorative Stamp" in Postal Bulletin 22108 (8-7-03, pages 72-73) incorrectly stated that all first day of issue postmark orders must be postmarked by December 12, 2003. Since customers have 30 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail, the correct postmark date is October 13, 2003.

- Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 8-21-03

Post Offices

MOVER'S GUIDE NEWS

Important Delivery Information

To deliver the September 2003 edition of Publication 75, Mover's Guide, to all facilities on time, we will be sending some direct-ship offices half of their September distribution during the second and third weeks of August. They will receive the rest of their distribution within 30 days of the initial delivery. If a facility will be receiving two shipments, we will mark each box in the first shipment to show that it is the first shipment of two. The second shipment will also be labeled accordingly.

- Address Management,
Intelligent Mail and Address Quality, 8-21-03

Supply Management

ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS

POW-MIA Flags

We're in the annual cycle of displaying the POW-MIA flag at Postal ServiceTM facilities on the following 6 specific days:

• Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May

• Memorial Day, the last Monday in May

• Flag Day, June 14

• Independence Day, July 4

• National POW-MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday in September

• Veterans Day, November 11

Note: If any of these days fall on a nonbusiness day, Postal Service facilities are required to display the POW-MIA flag on the last business day before the designated day.

The flag and its display at our facilities honor the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces held as prisoners of war or missing in action. Use the information below to order POW-MIA flags.

Ordering Instructions

In compliance with the law requiring the display of POW- MIA flags, the Material Distribution Center offers the following sizes of flags, which it orders from the General Services Administration.

Order a POW-MIA flag based on the size of your United States flag.

You can order a POW-MIA flag by one of the following means:

• Touch Tone Order Entry (TTOE): Call 800-332-0317, select option 2.

Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message (wait 48 hours after registering before placing your first order).

• E-mail: Complete PS Form 7380, MDC Supply Requisition (manually or by using FormFlow), and send it as an attachment to the e-mail address MDC, Customer Service or to mcustome@email.usps.gov.

• Mail: Mail a completed PS Form 7380 to the MDC at the following address:

SUPPLY REQUISITIONS
MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
500 SW GARY ORMSBY DR
TOPEKA KS 66624-9702

You also can order the POW-MIA flag through the Postal Products Unlimited, Inc., catalog on eBuy at http://ebuy.usps.gov/jsp/co/Login.jsp (URL is case-sensitive).

- Supply Management, 8-21-03

POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

Sprint PCS Agreement

Thanks to a new agreement, you can receive a 15% discount on new and existing Sprint PCS accounts. The discount applies to both business and personal accounts.

To take advantage of the agreement, call 866-782-USPS to ensure that you receive the discount and that your account will be moved over to the "Official USPS Billing Cycle." This change may cause your bill to be prorated.

A 15% discount on equipment and accessories is also available. All orders will be shipped via Postal ServiceTM Priority Mail® service.

Please note that these discounts are available only through the toll-free number provided above, at Sprint PCS retail stores, or through corporate sales representatives that come directly to Postal Service facilities. The discounts are not available through kiosks or any other sales agents.

For more information, visit the Postal Service intranet blue page at http://blue.usps.gov, and click on Wireless Deals under the "Employee Deals" section. If you have questions about equipment and service, contact the Sprint PCS provider.

The contracting officer for this agreement is Larry Jones, Supply Management, 202-268-2354.

- SCM Strategies,
Supply Management, 8-21-03

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (JWOD) Program

Do you wonder why the Postal ServiceTM uses so many SKILCRAFT® pens and pencils? Is the acronym JWOD a mystery to you? When you purchase a SKILCRAFT product or service, you support the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program, which provides employment opportunities for over 36,000 Americans who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

The JWOD program began with the Wagner-O'Day Act of 1938 (the Act), which provided employment opportunities for the blind. In 1971 the Act (renamed Javits-Wagner- O'Day), was amended to include people with severe disabilities. The Act requires government agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service®, to purchase selected products and services through the JWOD program, enabling JWOD employees to lead more productive, independent lives.

When you order from the Boise Office Products national contract you can be assured that you are in compliance with the Act because Boise fills your order with selected products from the National Industries for the Blind or NISH.

For a list of these selected products (also referred to as ETS "Essentially the Same" Commercial Products) see page 19 of Material Logistics Bulletin MLB-CO-00-002. To view the MLB, go to http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/material/pmsc/windsor/boise.htm, and click on Office Supplies MLB.

If you do not have access to a computer, you can obtain the MLB by calling Topeka Operations and Materials Customer Service at 800-332-0317; select the option for "Operations and Materials Customer Service."

JWOD items are coded as such in the Boise Office Products catalog and on eBuy.

- SCM Strategies,
Supply Management, 8-21-03

National Contracts for Custodial Rental Items

If you placed eBuy orders with Cintas Corporation or UniFirst Corporation for quantities of custodial rental items that will be exhausted by the end of fiscal year 2003 (September 5), you must immediately place new orders for fiscal year 2004.

Your delivery likely will not be interrupted; however, if you do not place the new order in a timely manner, both suppliers will have to expend additional resources to re-establish the invoice process. Please make this a priority and contact Cintas (800-795-7368) or UniFirst (800-480-5432) to provide the new eBuy requisition number once you have received funding approval. If your facility has already placed orders for the 2-year period (as required by the contract), you do not have to place a new order.

Both suppliers have requested the assistance of the contract management team in converting all existing customers to the new national contract. Therefore, it is extremely important that existing customers of UniFirst or Cintas (i.e., Postal Service facilities with previous agreements or contracts with these suppliers) place their eBuy catalog orders immediately.

If your facility is located in one of the following states and you currently do not have service with Cintas or UniFirst, you should remain with your current custodial rental item supplier until you receive a firm commitment from Cintas or UniFirst to begin delivery to your location:

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Idaho

• Kansas

• Montana

• Nebraska

• Nevada

• North Dakota

• Oregon

• South Dakota

• Utah

• Washington

If you have any questions about product delivery in your area or about placing your eBuy order, contact the contract management team at our e-mail address, Help, Custodial.

- SCM Strategies,
Supply Management, 8-21-03