Effective November 19, 2007, we are revising Publication 51, International Postal Rates and Fees, by removing all references to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), which are being returned to domestic status as a result of high-level discussions with the RMI and the FSM and consultation with the U.S. Department of State.
See pages 23–25 and pages 19–20 in this issue of the Postal Bulletin for articles that announce appropriate revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) and Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®).
Publication 51, International Postal Rates and Fees
Categories of International Mail
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First-Class Mail International
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Postcards and Postal Cards
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[Revise the second paragraph to read as follows (deleting the reference to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia):]
Table 5 contains the postage rates for postcards and postal cards, which are $0.69 to Canada and Mexico and $0.90 to all other destination countries.
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Extra Services (Formerly Special Services)
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Indemnity Coverage
[Revise the second sentence to read as follows (deleting the reference to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia):]
***(Some exceptions apply — see IMM 230.)***
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Rate Tables
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Table 2a: Express Mail International
[Delete the column for Rate Group 10 in its entirety.]
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Table 3a: Priority Mail International
[Delete the column for Rate Group 10 in its entirety.]
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Table 4: First-Class Mail International
[Delete the column for Rate Group 6 in its entirety.]
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[Revise footnote 1 to read as follows (deleting the reference to Rate Group 6, Marshall Islands, and Micronesia):]
Rate Groups: 1 is for Canada; 2 is for Mexico; 4 is for Australia, Japan, and New Zealand; for 3 and 5, see the “First-Class & M-bag Rate Group” column in the Country Listing.
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Table 5: Postcards and Postal Cards
[Delete the entry for Marshall Islands and Micronesia.]
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Country Listing
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[Delete the entry for Marshall Islands.]
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[Delete the entry for Micronesia.]
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[In the entry for Netherlands Antilles, change the footnote marker from 8 to 7.]
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[In the entry for New Zealand, change the footnote marker from 9 to 8.]
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[In the entry for Portugal, change the footnote marker from 10 to 9.]
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[In the entry for Somalia, change the footnote marker from 11 to 10.]
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[In the entry for Spain, change the footnote marker from 12 to 11.]
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[In the footnote section, delete footnote 7 in its entirety, and renumber current footnotes 8–12 as new 7–11.]
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of Publication 51 and also into the online version of Publication 51, which can be accessed via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 11-8-07
