DMM Revision: CIN Codes and Documentation Standards

Effective August 2, 2007, we are revising Mailing Stan­dards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) to restore content identifier number (CIN) codes for enhanced carrier route letters and rate level headings for Periodicals letters sorted to AADC and mixed AADC destinations. These revisions will be incorporated in our August update of the DMM as noted below. We encourage software developers and mailers to update their systems as soon as possible to include these changes.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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700 Special Standards

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708 Technical Specifications 1.0 Standardized Documentation for First-Class Mail, Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Flat-Size Bound Printed Matter

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1.3 Rate Level Column Headings

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[Revise the table in item a to add “Periodicals letters” under the AADC and mixed AADC rows in the “Rate” column as follows:]

a. Automation First-Class Mail, Periodicals, and Standard Mail:

 

Rate	Abbreviation
5-Digit [First-Class Mail letters/cards and flats, Periodicals letters and flats, and Standard Mail letters]	5B
3-Digit [First-Class Mail letters/cards and flats, Periodicals letters and flats, and Standard Mail letters]	3B
AADC [First-Class Mail letters and cards, Periodicals letters, and Standard Mail letters]	AB
Mixed AADC [First-Class Mail letters and cards, Periodicals letters, and Standard Mail letters]	MB
Basic [In-County Periodicals]	BB
Firm [Outside-County Periodicals]	FB

[Revise item b to add barcoded flats as follows:]

b. Presorted First-Class Mail, barcoded and nonbar­coded Periodicals flats, nonbarcoded Periodicals letters, and machinable and nonmachinable Standard Mail:

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6.0 Barcoding Standards for Container Labels 6.1 Basic Standards—Tray and Sack Labels

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6.1.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers

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Exhibit 6.1.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers

 

 

CLASS AND MAILING	CIN	HUMAN-READABLE CONTENT LINE
Standard Mail
ECR Letters — Barcoded
saturation rate	557	STD LTR BC WSS1
high density rate	557	STD LTR BC WSH1
basic rate	557	STD LTR BC LOT1
[Add CIN codes for 5-digit and 3-digit carrier routes trays as follows:]
5-digit carrier routes trays	564	STD LTR 5D CR-RT BC
3-digit carrier routes trays	565	STD LTR 3D CR-RT BC

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer^® at http://pe.usps.com.

— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 8-2-07