Domestic Mail
DMM REVISION
Labeling Single-Piece Rate Pieces Presented With Presort Mailings
Effective January 4, 2007, we are revising 235.5.1.2 in
the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to provide labeling instructions for single-piece-rated First-Class Mail® letters
presented as part of a presorted mailing.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Discount Letters and Cards
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230 First-Class Mail
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235 Mail Preparation
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5.0 Preparation for Nonautomation Letters
5.1 Basic Standards
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5.1.2 Single-Piece Rate Pieces Presented With
Presort Mailings
[Revise 5.1.2 to add new labeling instructions for single-
piece rate pieces as follows:]
Regardless of postage payment method, mailers may present single-piece rate First-Class Mail with pieces claimed at
automation or presort rates, and report all pieces on the
same postage statement, if:
a. The mailer physically separates the single-piece rate
pieces from the automation and presort pieces.
b. The single-piece rate pieces bear no rate marking or
are marked "First-Class" or "Single-Piece" ("SNGLP")
if not affixed with full single-piece rate postage.
See 202.3.0, Placement and Content of Mail
Markings.
c. The mailer affixes additional postage to the single-
piece rate pieces to yield the correct amount on each
piece, or (if prepared with a corrective rate marking)
the mailer pays all additional postage at the time of
mailing.
d. The mailer prepares single-piece rate mailpieces in
trays labeled as follows:
1. Line 1: Use L201; for mail originating in ZIP Code
areas in Column A, use "MXD" followed by city,
state, and 3-digit ZIP Code prefix in Column C
(use "MXD" instead of "OMX" in the destination
line and ignore Column B).
2. Line 2: FCM SNGLP WKG.
3. Line 3: office of mailing or mailer information.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online
DMM available on Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 1-4-07
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