DMM Revision: Changes to the Commercial Base Pricing Requirements for Priority Mail
Beginning October 1, 2008, the Postal Service™ is updating the requirements for commercial base prices by removing the electronic Confirmation Services requirement for Priority Mail® customers using permit imprint. Commercial base prices will be available for customers using permit imprint when a postal routing barcode matching the destination ZIP™ Code is on the mailpiece. Permit imprint customers mailing flat-shaped mailpieces meeting the criteria as stated in the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 301.1.1, General Definition of Flat Size Mail, will be able to use a POSTNET™ or Intelligent Mail® barcode instead of the postal routing barcode to claim the commercial base prices.
The commercial base prices will continue to be available for Click-N-Ship® customers, registered end-users of PC Postage™ products when using a shipping label, and Priority Mail Open and Distribute customers using permit imprint with a service barcode on the address label.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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400 Commercial Parcels
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420 Priority Mail
423 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Priority Mail Commercial Base Prices and Fees
1.1 Price Application
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1.1.1 Availability
The commercial base prices are available for:
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[Revise items c and d in 1.1.1 as follows:]
c. Customers using permit imprint when a postal routing barcode matching the destination ZIP Code is on the mailpiece (see 708.5.0). Flat-shaped mailpieces (see 301.1.1) with permit imprints may bear a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode (see 708.4.0) instead of the postal routing barcode.
d. Priority Mail Open and Distribute customers using permit imprint when a service barcode containing a unique service type code 55 is on the address label under 705.16.5.7.
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424 Postage Payment and Documentation
1.0 Basic Standards for Postage Payment
1.1 Postage Payment Options
[Revise text of 1.1 as follows:]
Commercial Priority Mail postage may be paid with Click-N-Ship; PC Postage (e.g., Stamps.com, endicia, Pitney Bowes) when registered end users use a shipping label; or permit imprint with a postal routing barcode on the mailpiece (see 708.5.0). Flat-shaped mailpieces with permit imprints may bear a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode (see 708.4.0) instead of the postal routing barcode.
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2.0 Postage Paid With Permit Imprint
2.1 Advance Deposit Account
[Revise the second sentence and add a new third sentence as follows:]
***Each mailpiece must have a postal routing barcode (see 708.5.0). Flat-shaped mailpieces may bear a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode (see 708.4.0) instead of the postal routing barcode.***
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425 Mail Preparation
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3.0 Preparation for a Permit Imprint Mailing
3.1 Preparing a Permit Imprint Mailing
[Revise the second sentence and add a new last sentence as follows:]
***Permit imprint pieces must bear a postal routing barcode (see 708.5.0). Flat-shaped mailpieces may bear a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode (see 708.4.0) instead of the postal routing barcode.
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We will include these revisions in the next update of the online DMM on Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com and in the next printed edition of the DMM.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 9-25-08
