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Publication 205 Revision: eVS Parcel Products

Effective May 14, 2007, Appendix G of Publication 205, Electronic Verification System Business and Technical Guide, is revised to clarify which rate ingredient combina­tions are currently supported by eVS manifesting and sam­pling software. Beginning with the May 14, 2007, implementation of the R2006-1 omnibus rate case, eVS revised the file format and all coding used to identify parcel rate combinations as reported in Postal Bulletin 22201 (3–1-07) and additional revisions in Postal Bulletin 22205 (4–26-07).

Available eVS Parcel Products

With the implementation of new rates and classifications on May 14, 2007, the Electronic Verification System (eVS) continues to support Parcel Post®, including Parcel Select®, as well as Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail®, and Regular Standard Mail®. The following table lists all parcel products supported by PostalOne! effective May 14, 2007.

 

Class or Subclass

Rate Category

Processing Category

Parcel Post

Parcel Select:

Bound Printed
Matter

Media Mail

Regular Standard Mail

Future eVS Parcel Products

The long-term eVS vision is to include all parcel prod­ucts. The new and expanded coding for eVS reflects nearly all domestic parcel classes, subclasses, and rate catego­ries, as well as extra services, discounts, and surcharges.

Additional combinations, as shown in Table G-10 in Appendix G of Publication 205, will be tested before being included in eVS. The Postal Service™ will announce when these additional combinations will become available for eVS mailers after field testing. Testing ensures that mailer systems properly calculate the rates and fees for these combinations and that Postal Service sampling tools accurately reflect rate elements used with these combina­tions.

  • First-Class Mail® and Priority Mail®. These two subclasses will be available on a test basis tentatively beginning on July 1, 2007, and only for currently authorized eVS mailers. All other mailers will be required to obtain approval to mail as eVS mailers, and such approval will be granted on a case-by-case basis.
    • First-Class Mail testing will comprise only single-piece rate machinable parcels and nonmachin­able parcels. Presorted rates (5-digit, 3-digit, ADC, and mixed ADC) for machinable parcels and nonmachinable parcels will not be part of the pro­posed testing beginning on July 1, 2007.
    • Priority Mail testing will comprise single-piece rate parcels (unzoned rates, zoned rates, balloon rates, and dimensional-weight pricing), the flat-rate box, and the flat-rate envelope. Except for Priority Mail, flat-size mail is not permitted for eVS mailings.
  • Regular Standard Mail. No tentative date has yet been established for testing this subclass with these rates:
  • Nonprofit Standard Mail. This subclass is permitted only for authorized Nonprofit Standard Mail mailers or mailings prepared by their agents, which could include eVS mailers or eVS consolidators. These mailings must meet all applicable standards for Non­profit Standard Mail in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 703. No tentative date has yet been established for testing this subclass with these rates:
  • Not Flat-Machinable (NFM) Regular and Nonprofit Standard Mail. This rate category will require autho­rized eVS mailers to meet the sortation and barcod­ing standards in DMM 445. No tentative date has yet been established for testing this rate category with these rates:
  • Bound Printed Matter. This subclass is permitted only for authorized eVS mailers whose mail meets the content criteria in DMM 463 for Bound Printed Matter. No tentative date has yet been established for testing these rate categories:
  • Media Mail. This subclass is permitted only for autho­rized eVS mailers whose mail meets the content cri­teria in DMM 473 for Media Mail. No tentative date has yet been established for testing this subclass with these rates:
  • Library Mail. This subclass is permitted only for authorized eVS mailers whose mail meets the con­tent criteria and sender and/or addressee criteria in DMM 483 for Library Mail. No tentative date has yet been established for testing this subclass with these rates:
  • Carrier Route Mail. There are no immediate plans to include carrier route mail — such as Enhanced Car­rier Route Standard Mail — as part of eVS. Consider­ation for including carrier route mail will depend on the business needs of the eVS mailing community, as well as technical changes to software and mail prep­aration requirements for rate eligibility.

Publication 205, Electronic Verification System Business and Technical Guide

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Appendix G: Service Type Codes and Rate Ingredient Tables Codes for Services and Rate Combinations

This appendix contains the following tables that present codes used in the flat file format described in Appendix A:

[Revise the designation of each table by adding the prefix “G-” before the table number (to indicate that the tables are part of Appendix G); by subdividing redesignated Table G–1, “Service Type Codes,” into several tables as noted; and by subdividing redesignated Table G-10, “eVS Valid Rate Ingredient Combinations,” into several tables as noted, to read as follows:]

Table G-1: Service Type Codes

Table G-1a: Delivery Confirmation Service Only

Table G-1b: Signature Confirmation Service Only

Table G-1c: Insurance — Delivery
Confirmation Service with Insurance Service

Table G-1d: COD — Delivery Confirmation
Service with COD Service

Table G-1e: Insurance — Signature
Confirmation Service with Insurance Service

Table G-1f: COD — Signature Confirmation
Service with COD Service

Table G-1g: Passive Enroute Scan
(No Extra Service)

Table G-1h: Electronic File Header Record

Table G-2: Class of Mail Codes

Table G-3: Processing Category Codes

Table G-4: Destination Rate Indicator Codes

Table G-5: Rate Indicator Codes

Table G-6: Zone Codes

Table G-7: Parcel Routing Barcode Codes

Table G-8: Discount and Surcharge Type Codes

Table G-9: Extra Service Codes

Table G-10: eVS Valid Rate Ingredient Combinations

Table G-10a: First-Class Mail

Table G-10b: Priority Mail

Table G-10c: Standard Mail Regular:
Piece Rate

Table G-10d: Standard Mail Regular:
Piece-Pound Rate

Table G-10e: Standard Mail Nonprofit:
Piece Rate

Table G-10f: Standard Mail Nonprofit:
Piece-Pound Rate

Table G-10g: Standard Mail Regular
Not Flat-Machinable: Piece Rate

Table G-10h: Standard Mail Regular
Not Flat-Machinable: Piece-Pound
Rate Less Than 6 Ounces

Table G-10i: Standard Mail Regular Not
Flat-Machinable: Piece-Pound Rate 6 Ounces
or More

Table G-10j: Standard Mail Nonprofit Not
Flat-Machinable: Piece Rate

Table G-10k: Standard Mail Nonprofit Not
Flat-Machinable: Piece-Pound Rate Less
Than 6 Ounces

Table G-10l: Standard Mail Nonprofit Not
Flat-Machinable: Piece-Pound Rate 6 Ounces
or More

Table G-10m: Parcel Post — Intra-BMC

Table G-10n: Parcel Post — Inter-BMC

Table G-10o: Parcel Select

Table G-10p: Bound Printed Matter —
Nonpresorted

Table G-10q: Bound Printed Matter —
Presorted

Table G-10r: Media Mail

Table G-10s: Library Mail

Table G-11: Coding Key

[In the actual tables in Appendix G, revise the designations as noted above.]

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Table G-4
Destination Rate Indicator Codes

(Detail Record 1 Position: 056)

[In Table G-4, in the row for Indicator Code “N,” eliminate “PS” from the column “Possible Mail Classes or Sub­classes,” to read as follows:]

 

Destination Rate Indicator Code

Destination Rate Indicator Name

Possible Mail Classes or Subclasses

N

None

FC, PM; BB, BL, BP, BS; SA, S2, S3, S4

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Table G-10
eVS Valid Rate Ingredient Combinations

[Revise Table G-10 by adding text before Table G-10a to read as follows:]

eVS supports the parcel subclasses and rate categories identified in Exhibit G-10. A table identified with an asterisk indicates that all combinations in the table are supported for manifesting and sampling. Additions to this table will be announced in the Postal Bulletin as the number of sup­ported parcel products increases.

 

Exhibit G-10
Available eVS Parcel Products

 

Table

Mail Class (Record Positions
003-004)

Processing Category (Record Position 055)

Destination Rate Indicator (Record Position 056)

Rate Indicator (Record Positions
057-058)

Zone (Record Positions
059-060)

Parcel Routing Barcode (Record Position 199)

G-10c

SA

4

D

5D

00

0, 1, 2

G-10d

SA

3

N

5D, BM, MB,

00

0, 1

SA

3

B

5D, BM

00

0, 1

SA

3

S

5D

00

0, 1

SA

3

D

5D

00

0, 1

SA

4

D

5D

00

0, 1, 2

G-10m1.

BP

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

G-10n 1.

BP

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

G-10o 1.

PS

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

All listed

G-10q

BB

3

N

PR

01-08

0, 1

BB

3

B

PR

01-05

0, 1

BB

3

S

PR

00

0, 1

BB

3

D

PR

00

0, 1

BB

4, 5

D

PR

00

0, 1

G-10r

BS

3

N

SP, BA, 5D

00

0, 1

 

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The revised Publication 205 will soon be available on the Postal Service Internet:

  • Go to www.usps.com.
  • Click on All Products & Services, then Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, then Publi­cations, and then on the links for Publication 205.

It also will soon be available on the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site:

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

— Business Mailer Support,
Customer Service, 6-7-07




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