Postal Bulletin 22170, December 22, 2005. Black History Month Publicity Kit. Your keys to Postal People.

Contents

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Administrative Services

ASM Revision: Tort Claims

Customer Relations

Mail Alert

Publicity Kit: Black History Month/Hattie McDaniel

Domestic Mail

DMM Revision: Bundle Reallocation — Periodicals Mail
on Pallets

2005 IRS Tax Packages

Notice: Sharps Medical Waste Containers No Longer
Accepted

Employees

Handbook EL-312 Revision: Change to Employment
Programs

ELM Revision: Reductions in Grade

Finance

New IRC Procedures: 2006 Rate Increase Affects Sales
of International Reply Coupons

Notice: Household Diary Study

Notice: Instructions for All Daily Financial Reporting
Offices

Notice: Revised PS Form 1608, Emergency Salary
Authorization

Notice: Stamp Stock Limits Suspended Temporarily Due
to New Rates

Reminder: Year-End 1099 Reporting

Notice: 2005 Tax Information



Pull-Out Section

Fraud Alert

Domestic Orders

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

Other Information

Overseas Military Mail

If You Ride the Rails Poster

Missing Children Posters

Notice to All Employees: Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet


Finance (Continued)

Notice: Revaluation of Nonprofit and Bulk-Rate
Stamped Envelopes

Information Technology

Reminder: ACE Refresh Postponed, ACE-Related
Purchases Prohibited

International Mail

IMM Revision: Change in U.S. Dollar and Special
Drawing Right Conversion Rates

IMM Revision: PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration
and Dispatch Note — CP 72

Revised Form: PS Form 2976-A Available at the MDC

Notice: Japan's Redesigned International Postal Money
Order Includes New Security Features

Philately

Stamp Announcement 05-34: Love: True Blue
Nondenominated Definitive Stamp

Stamp Announcement 05-35: Lady Liberty and
U.S. Flag

Stamp Announcement 05-36: Pikes Peak (200th)
Stamped Card

Stamp Announcement 05-37: Benjamin Franklin Stamped Envelope

Stamp Announcement 05-38: Official Mail Definitive
Stamp

Stamp Announcement 05-39: Favorite Children's Book
Animals Stamps

Stamp Announcement 05-40: 2006 Olympic Winter
Games

Stamp Announcement 05-41: Hattie McDaniel

Pictorial Postmarks Announcement

Special Cancellation Die Hubs

Post Offices

Mover's Guide News: January 2006 Mover's Guide

Post Office Changes

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