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REVISED FIELD
INFORMATION KIT
Field Information Kit: Premium Forwarding
Service (PFS)
Please note the following revision
and clarification of information that appeared in the article titled "Field
Information Kit: Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)" in Postal
Bulletin 22158 (7-7-05, pages 42-50).
• The revision is that Priority
Mail® Flat Rate envelopes can be used for PFS shipments.
• The clarification revises the
question and answer for item 10 in "Frequently Asked Questions."
Please revise the Field Information
Kit as shown below.
Field Information Kit: Premium Forwarding Service
(PFS)
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Fact Sheet
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Priority Mail Packaging
[Revise the section entitled "Priority
Mail Packaging" (on page 46) to read as follows, indicating that
Priority Mail Flat Rate envelopes can be used for PFS shipments (the revised
text appears in bold merely for emphasis):]
Postal Service personnel should select
the Priority Mail containers (envelopes and boxes) used for PFS shipments
based on the cubic volume of letters and flats shipped each week. Postal
Service personnel may use other suitable mailing containers (e.g., padded
mailing bags) provided they also affix Label 85 to the containers and
clearly label the containers using Priority Mail stickers or Priority
Mail tape.
• Do not use Priority
Mail Flat Rate boxes for PFS shipments. However, Priority Mail
Flat Rate envelopes can be used for PFS shipments.
• Do not use "ReadyPost"
shipping materials for PFS shipments.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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[Revise the question and answer
for item 10 (on page 47) to read as follows, clarifying what constitutes
an acceptable primary address (the revised text appears in bold merely
for emphasis):]
10. Can customers have their mail shipped
to a mailbox at a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA) such
as MailBoxes, Etc.?
Yes. The temporary
address can be a CMRA, but the primary address cannot be a CMRA or
other single point delivery as defined in Postal Operations Manual
(POM) 631.
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—Implementation and Outreach,
Pricing and Classification, 7-21-05
AICs for Premium Forwarding Service
On August 7, 2005, the Postal ServiceTM
is implementing Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) as a 2-year experimental
service. For more information on PFS, see the article titled "Field
Information Kit: Premium Forwarding Service (PFS)" starting on page
42 in Postal Bulletin 22158 (7-7-05).
The acceptance employee will collect
the appropriate amount of funds for the designated service period and
process the payment for PFS as follows using the following account identifier
codes (AICs):
a. Enter the amount of
the nonrefundable application fee into AIC 108, Premium Forwarding Service
Application Fee.
b. Enter the calculated
amount of the service fee for the entire period of service as outlined
on PS Form 8176, Premium Forwarding Service Application, into
AIC 159, Premium Forwarding Service Fees.
c. Issue the customer the
receipt for payment and the customer copy of PS Form 8176.
If a customer requests a refund, the
acceptance employee enters the amount refunded into AIC 623, Refund of
Premium Forwarding Service Fee.
These AICs will be activated on the
integrated retail terminals (IRTs) on July 27, 2005, and on POS on July
30, 2005. Offices may start using them on August 7, 2005.
—Product Management Direct Mail,
Product Development, 7-21-05
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