Link to "DMM Revision: Permit Imprint Postage Payment Allowed for Express Mail Items in the Electronic Verification System Program" Link to contents for "Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates"      Link to "DMM Revision: Updates to Express Mail and Priority Mail Commercial Base Price Requirements for Information-Based Indicia Postage Meters"

DMM Revision: Removal of Reference to the 5-Digit Metro Pallet

Effective October 5, 2009, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 200, 300, 400, 705, and 707 to remove references to the 5-digit metro pallet level for Standard Mail®, Periodicals, and Package Services items. The Postal Service has determined that this pallet level no longer improves USPS® operational effi­ciency. This revision also coincides with the removal of the text of Labeling List L006, which defined the 5-digit metro pallet level for Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services items.

Mailers are provided a 73-day transitional period follow­ing the labeling list revision in order to effect changes to their software applications. Therefore, mailers may continue to prepare mail on 5-digit metro pallets until the close of this transitional period. Labeling List L006, with no current contents, will be retained for future USPS use, which may be unrelated to its past use in defining the 5–digit metro pallet level.

We will incorporate these revisions into the October update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com and into the next printed version of the DMM.

— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 9-24-09

 




Link to "DMM Revision: Permit Imprint Postage Payment Allowed for Express Mail Items in the Electronic Verification System Program" Link to contents for "Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates"      Link to "DMM Revision: Updates to Express Mail and Priority Mail Commercial Base Price Requirements for Information-Based Indicia Postage Meters"