Stamp Booklets Affected
The selling price of the Forever Stamp™ will increase on May 11, 2009, to 44 cents ($8.80 per booklet and $7.92 per sheetlet). The master inventories of Stamp Services System (SSS) will be electronically updated by Stamp Acquisition and Distribution, Headquarters, at 9:00 a.m. ET on May 11, 2009, to reflect the new selling price.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp service centers (SSCs) must not log on to the SSS program after close of business May 9 through May 11, before 9:00 a.m. ET.
When the inventory system is updated, the closing balance on PS Form 3958, Unit Reserve Stamp Stock Transaction Record, for May 9 will not match the opening balance on May 11. The difference should equal the total revaluation amounts.
Procedures for Stamp Distribution Supervisors
Stamp distribution supervisors at all facilities processing the Forever Stamp booklets should perform the following on May 9 or their last day of business prior to May 11:
n Print PS Form 3958 for close of business on May 9, 2009 (or the last day of business prior to May 11, 2009).
n Print an inventory listing for close of business on May 9, 2008 (or the last day of business prior to May 11, 2009).
n Complete the Check Sheet (see below).
n Enter the results on a PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
n Write the difference on the overage line of PS Form 3958 (outside the postage line) as Stock Revaluation/Increase.
n Maintain PS Form 3958 and PS Form 17 at the SDO or SSC.
Procedures for the Integrated Business Software Solutions Center Programmer at Eagan, MN
The Integrated Business Software Solutions Center (IBSSC) programmer should do the following:
n Recalculate the beginning vault balances before users are allowed to log on to the SSS program.
n Provide a file of the net differences, by line and by warehouse, to St. Louis Accounting after the system is updated. St. Louis Accounting will then use the file to update the stock ledger entries.
Check Sheet
— Stamp Services, Government Relations and Public Policy, 5-7-09
