DMM Revision: Correction of Rate Level Column Headings

Effective September 13, 2007, we are further clarifying the table for rate level column headings for our documentation standards to add appropriate rate codes for Standard Mail^® machinable letters sorted to automa­tion area distribution center (AADC) and mixed AADC in the 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. Mailers may make these related changes to their software at the time of their regularly scheduled updates.

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

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:

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

[Revise rate text in item b to include entries for AADC and mixed AADC Standard Mail machinable letters as follows:]

 

Rate	Abbreviation
Presorted [First-Class Mail letters/cards, flats, and parcels]	Presort
5-Digit [First-Class Mail parcels, all Standard Mail and Periodicals letters]	5D
3-Digit [First-Class Mail parcels, all Standard Mail and Periodicals letters]	3D
AADC [Standard Mail Machinable letters]	AB
ADC [First-Class Mail parcels, Standard Mail nonmachinable letters, flats, irregular parcels and NFMs; and all Periodicals]	AD
Basic [In-County Periodicals]	BS
Mixed AADC [Standard Mail machinable letters]	MB
Mixed ADC [Standard Mail nonmachinable letters, flats, irregular parcels and NFMs; and all Periodicals]	MD
Mixed ADC [First-Class Mail parcels]	SP
BMC [Standard Mail machinable parcels and NFMs 6 ounces and over]	BMC
Mixed BMC [Standard Mail machinable parcels and NFMs 6 ounces and over]	MBMC
Firm [Outside-County Periodicals]	FB

 

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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, 9-13-07