Effective May 14, 2007, we are revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to remove the 1-ounce or less limitation on the nonmachinable surcharge for First-Class Mail® letters. Letter-rate First-Class Mail pieces with any of the nonmachinable characteristics in DMM 201.2.1 will be subject to the $0.17 nonmachinable surcharge. We are also changing the price for the Priority Mail® Flat-Rate Box from $9.15 to $8.95.
We posted an advance copy of the DMM on www.usps.com/ratecase, with all of the prices and standards effective on May 14. We encourage you to reference this version of the DMM as you prepare for the pricing change.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
[Revise the rate tables and the text throughout the DMM to apply a $0.17 nonmachinable surcharge to all First-Class Mail letters that meet one or more of the nonmachinable characteristics in 101.1.2.]
100 Retail Mail: Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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120 Priority Mail
123 Rates and Eligibility
1.0 Priority Mail Rates and Fees
[Revise the rate tables to change the Priority Mail Flat-Rate Box price to $8.95.]
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1.5 Flat-Rate Boxes and Envelopes
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1.5.1 Flat-Rate Boxes — Rate and Eligibility
[Update the flat-rate box price to $8.95 as follows:]
Each USPS-produced Priority Mail flat-rate box is charged $8.95, regardless of the actual weight of the piece or its destination. Only USPS-produced flat-rate boxes are eligible for the flat-rate box rate.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the May update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Pricing Implementation,
Pricing and Classification, 5-10-07
