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DMM Revision: Correction of Rate Level Column Headings

Effective August 16, 2007, we are revising and clarifying the table for rate level column headings in our documenta­tion standards to add appropriate rate codes for automa­tion flats in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) 708.1.3.

These changes will be incorporated in our September update of the DMM as noted below. We encourage mailers to make the related changes to their mailings as soon as possible.

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

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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

The actual name of the rate level (or corresponding abbre­viation) is used for column headings required by 1.2, For­mat and Content, and shown below:

[Revise text in item a as follows:]

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

 

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

[Revise text in the introductory sentence of item b as follows:]

b. Presorted First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, and non-barcoded Periodicals:

[Revise the first four entries in the table in item b as follows:]

 

Rate	Abbreviations
Presorted [First-Class Mail letters and flats]	Presort
5–Digit [First-Class Mail parcels, all Standard Mail items, and all Periodicals]	5D
3–Digit [First-Class Mail parcels; Standard Mail letters, flats, irregular parcels, and NFMs; and all Periodicals]	3D
ADC [First-Class Mail parcels; Standard Mail letters, flats, irregular parcels, and NFMs; and all Periodicals]	AD

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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, 8-16-07