Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates

Manuals

DMM Revision: Changes in Sack and Container Label Specifications to Accommodate Standard Mail Marketing Parcels

Effective March 5, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM\u201A) exhibit 708.6.2.4 to change the content line of sack and container labels of carrier route Standard Mail^® Marketing parcels, due to the recent change that limits Standard Mail parcel carrier route prices to Standard Mail Marketing parcels.

We also make changes to DMM 445 and to subhead­ings in exhibit 708.6.2.4 to designate that Presorted Mar­keting parcels (other than carrier route parcels) less than 6 ounces in weight will share the same content identifier number (CIN) code and content line designation as Stan­dard Mail Nonprofit irregular parcels, and Presorted Mar­keting parcels weighing 6 ounces or more will share the same CIN code and content line designation as Standard Mail Nonprofit machinable parcels.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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400 Commercial Parcels

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440 Standard Mail

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445 Mail Preparation

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5.0 Preparing Presorted Parcels

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5.3 Preparing Marketing Parcels (6 Ounces or More) and Machinable Parcels

5.3.1 Sacking

[Delete the current last sentence of 5.3.1.]

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5.4 Preparing Marketing Parcels (Less Than 6 Ounces) and Irregular Parcels

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5.4.2 Sacking

[Delete the current last sentence of 5.4.2.]

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700 Special Standards

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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems

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8.0 Preparing Pallets

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8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling

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8.10.3 Standard Mail—Bundles, Sacks, or Trays

[Delete the current next to last sentence in 8.10.3.]

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708 Technical Specifications

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6.0 Standards for Barcoded Tray Labels, Sack Labels, and Container Placards

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6.2 Specifications for Barcoded Tray and Sack Labels

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6.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers

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Exhibit 6.2.4 3-Digit Content Identifier Numbers

 

CLASS AND MAILING

CIN

HUMAN-READABLE CONTENT LINE

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STANDARD MAIL

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[Revise the heading currently titled ECR Irregular Parcels — Nonautomation and the four rows directly beneath it as fol­lows:]

ECR Marketing Parcels

saturation price sacks	599	STD MKTG WSS1
high density price sacks	600	STD MKTG WSH1
basic price sacks	601	STD MKTG LOT1
5-digit carrier routes sacks	598	STD MKTG CR-RTS

[Revise the heading current titled “STD Irregular Parcels — Presorted” as follows:]

STD Marketing Parcels less than 6 oz. and Irregular Parcels

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[Revise the heading current titled “STD Machinable
Parcels — Presorted” as follows:]

STD Marketing Parcels 6 oz. or more and Machinable Parcels

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

— Product Classification,
Pricing, 2-9-12