On May 25, 2005, the United States Postal Service® issued an updated online Global Express Mail® (GEM®) label. The updated online label incorporates all the features of PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declarations and Dispatch Note - CP 72, and has five copies. The customer must sign all copies, and the office of mailing must retain the Post OfficeTM copy (copy 4) for 30 days from the date of mailing. Retail acceptance employees should follow the online label acceptance procedures outlined in the Global Express Mail standard operating procedures.
This online label eliminates the need for a mailer to affix a separate PS Form 2976-A to the item. Customers can use PS Form 2976-E, Custom's Declaration Envelope - CP 91 (plastic envelope), to hold these online labels. Customers can get copies of PS Form 2976-E free of charge at most Post Office facilities and can also order copies of PS Form 2976-E free of charge at http://shop.usps.com; in the "Search Store" box, type in "2976," click on Search, and then follow the ordering directions. |
On pages 1-3 in this issue of the Postal Bulletin are images of copies 1 and 3 (copies 2, 4, and 5 are the same as copy 1) and the Instructions page for the online label.
Mailers must pay postage using adhesive stamps, meter stamps, postage validation imprinter (PVI) labels, or PC Postage®.
For additional product, delivery, and special service information, go to usps.com/global/globalexpressmail.htm.
- International Product Development,
Product Development, 5-26-05 |
