Effective March 3, 2008, we are revising 243.6.1.2 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to clarify the basic standards that describe letter-size enhanced carrier route Standard Mail® items. In addition to the current basic eligibility standards, pieces prepared with a delivery address must comply with all of the standards for automation compatibility in 201.3 and must bear an 11–digit barcode. These requirements are included in the rate eligibility standards for each type of enhanced carrier route mail, but are not stated in the basic requirements.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Discount Letters and Cards
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240 Discount Letters and Cards Standard Mail
243 Rates and Eligibility
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6.0 Additional Eligibility Standards for Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail Letters
6.1 General Enhanced Carrier Route Standards
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6.1.2 Basic Eligibility Standards
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[Add new item g to 243.6.1.2 as follows:]
g. Meet the requirements for automation compatibility in 201.3 and bear an accurate DPBC or Intelligent Mail barcode matching the delivery address and meeting the standards in 202.5.0, Barcode Placement, and 708.4.0, Standards for POSTNET and Intelligent Mail Barcodes. Pieces prepared with a simplified address format are exempt from this requirement.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed edition 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, 2-28-08
