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NOTICE

Surcharge for Live Animals

Effective immediately, live animals accepted in Atlanta, Georgia, and Cincinnati, Ohio, will have a surcharge as described below.

The surcharge for live animals (including day-old poultry) transported by air from an airport listed below to a destination city in Zones 4-8 is $0.99 per pound (or fraction thereof). This surcharge is in addition to the normal postage that retail associates collect.

If your processing facility uses an airport listed below for air transportation of live animals (including day-old poultry), the `L' alpha code mail class designator must be assigned on the distribution and routing tag.

Follow this procedure for all mail classes transported from the following airports:

Atlanta GA (ATL) Fort Wayne IN (FWA) Orlando FL (MCO)
Austin TX (AUS) Hartford CT (BDL) Philadelphia PA (PHL)
Baltimore MD (BWI) Jacksonville FL (JAX) Phoenix AZ (PHX)
Boston MA (BOS) Kansas City MO (MCI) Pittsburgh PA (PIT)
Buffalo NY (BUF) Louisville KY (SDF) Portland OR (PDX)
Charlotte NC (CLT) Memphis TN (MEM) Richmond VA (RIC)
Cincinnati OH (CVG) Milwaukee WI (MKE) San Diego CA (SAN)
Cleveland OH (CLE) Nashville TN (BNA) San Francisco CA (SFO)
Columbus OH (CMH) Norfolk VA (ORF) Seattle WA (SEA)
Denver CO (DEN) Omaha NE (OMA) St. Louis MO (STL)
El Paso TX (ELP) blank blank

Continue to follow this procedure in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN (MSP) and Detroit MI (DTW), and impose a $1.00 surcharge in those two locations.

— Commercial Air Operations,
Network Operations Management, 7-6-06


CORRECTION

Stamps by Mail — Brochure Ordering Information

In the article "Reminder: Stamps by Mail - Brochure Ordering Information" in Postal Bulletin 22183 (6-22-06, pages 52-53), the next deadline date for ordering brochures was incorrect. The article is rerun below with the correct date in bold.

The next deadline date for ordering Stamps at Your DoorTM (Stamps by Mail, Stamps Delivered to Your Door) brochures is July 10, 2006. This print run will be for the year-round brochure design and will be the last printing of year-round brochures this fiscal year.

To order brochures, submit PS Form 3227-0, Stamps At Your Door Supply Order (August 2005), to Cyril-Scott Company:

CYRIL SCOTT COMPANY
PO BOX 627
LANCASTER OH 43130-0627

Telephone: 800-466-0455
Fax: 740-689-0210

You can find this form at http://blue.usps.gov; click on Forms, then select the form by number. A copy of this form appears on page 64 in this Postal Bulletin.

The cost per unit of 500 is $11.00. This cost includes overprinting the address of the fulfillment office placing the order. You may pay for orders with local IMPAC credit cards, checks, or money orders. However, Cyril-Scott Company cannot process the order until it receives payment. Local eBuy procedures may also apply (refer to local procurement procedures).

Postal Service™ Headquarters has funded a national procurement for this print run for 4 million brochures for the Stamps By Mail centralized computer processing sites. The distribution amount for each site is available by referencing column J (4MM) of the centralized site address spreadsheet. These quantities are based on revenue generated by site. No local order placement is required to receive brochures from this distribution. However, centralized sites may order additional quantities from Cyril-Scott Company from local funds by following the ordering instructions contained within this article.

All other local Post Offices should follow the ordering instructions contained within this article and utilize local funds.

Cyril-Scott Company will deliver orders within 35 calendar days after printing. Printing begins 1 week after the deadline date, and actual receipt of the order will depend on the ultimate destination and the corresponding delivery service standard. You should save copies of all orders placed at your local Post OfficeTM until the order has been received. Please ensure procedures are in effect locally for proper verification of receipt.

— Retail Marketing,
Customer Service, 7-6-06

PS Form 3227-O, August 2005 - Stamps At Your Door Supply Order.


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