Effective November 1, 2010, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) Exhibits 292.452 and 293.452 to update the exchange office name for International Priority Airmail™ (IPA®) and International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) items sent to Bermuda and Mauritius.
Periodically, the Postal Service receives such requests from foreign posts to facilitate operational needs. In this case, these foreign posts requested that these updates be implemented as soon as possible. However, in order to provide mailers the time needed to make necessary logistic and software changes, we are not requiring this change from mailers until November 1, 2010. Nonetheless, in order to expedite delivery, mailers may implement these changes immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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292 International Priority Airmail (IPA) Service
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292.4 Mail Preparation
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292.45 Sortation
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292.452 Presorted Mail — Direct Country Bundle Label
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Exhibit 292.452 IPA Country Price Groups and Foreign Exchange Offices
[Revise the entry for Bermuda and Mauritius to read as follows:]
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293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service
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293.4 Mail Preparation
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293.45 Sortation
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293.452 Presorted Mail — Direct Country Bundle Label
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Exhibit 293.452 ISAL Country Price Groups and Foreign Exchange Offices
[Revise the entry for Mauritius to read as follows:]
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the IMM and into the November update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 9-9-10
