Effective June 7, 2010, the Postal Service™ will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 709.4 to extend the feasibility test period that permits the purchase of domestic Click-N-Ship® online insurance coverage up to $5,000.00.
The feasibility test was previously scheduled to end on May 14, 2010. With this extension, the Postal Service reserves the right to end the test prior to or extend it beyond November 14, 2010. Additional mailing and claims data will be analyzed during the program to determine whether this should be a permanent offering, revised, or terminated.
The feasibility test increases online insurance indemnity coverage for domestic Express Mail® service and Priority Mail® service from $500.00 to $5,000.00 when purchased through Click-N-Ship service. Increased online insurance indemnity will not be available for any other class of mail, even when postage is paid through Click-N-Ship service.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
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709 Experimental and Temporary Classifications
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4.0 Click-N-Ship Indemnity Increase for Express Mail and Priority Mail
4.1 Basic Information
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The insurance indemnity coverage available for Express Mail and Priority Mail items purchased through Click-N-Ship increases from $500.00 to $5,000.00 during the feasibility test period from November 14, 2009, to November 14, 2010. The USPS reserves the right to end the test prior to or extend it beyond the scheduled end date.
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4.1.2 Considerations
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During the duration of this experiment, data will be analyzed to determine whether this will be a permanent offering that will add value for our mailers and benefit to our business.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards, Pricing, 5-20-10
