Effective June 24, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 113.1.4.2 and 115.1.1 to include a new price category under Express Mail®, Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope, established by the Governors of the United States Postal Service®. The new Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope measures 12.5 inches x 9.5 inches and is available to retail, commercial base, and commercial plus customers at the same prices currently offered for the Flat Rate Envelope and Legal Flat Rate Envelope.
In addition, all other standards that apply to Express Mail apply to the Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope. The USPS®-produced Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope is not available at retail Post Office™ locations but may be ordered online at www.usps.com/shop.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
* * * * *
100 Retail Mail
* * * * *
110 Express Mail
113 Prices and Eligibility
1.0 Express Mail Prices and Fees
* * * * *
1.4 Flat Rate Packaging
* * * * *
1.4.2 Flat Rate Envelopes—Price Eligibility
[Revise the first sentence of 1.4.2 as follows:]
There are three types of USPS-produced Express Mail Flat Rate Envelopes: A regular-size envelope, a legal-size envelope, and a padded envelope.***
* * * * *
115 Mail Preparation
1.0 Express Mail Supplies
1.1 Packaging Provided by USPS
[Revise the text of 1.1 as follows:]
Express Mail packaging provided by the USPS must be used only for Express Mail. The USPS-produced Express Mail Legal and Padded Flat Rate Envelopes are not available at retail Post Office locations but may be ordered online at www.usps.com/shop.
* * * * *
We will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 5-31-12
