Effective September 4, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 707.4.12.5.h to provide a modified Identification Statement element for mailers who participate in Address Change Service (ACS™).
This modification will facilitate timely transmission of address corrections for addressees who move and file a change-of-address order, or of a notification of abandonment for addressees who moved without providing forwarding instructions. As a result, copies of Periodicals will be addressed using subscribers’ current addresses, reducing delays in delivery caused by forwarding and additional handling by the Postal Service. Adoption of the modified element may begin immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
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707 Periodicals
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4.0 Basic Eligibility Standards
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4.12 Identification
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4.12.5 Identification Statement Content
The identification statement must contain:
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[Revise item h as follows:]
h. The mailing address for change-of-address orders, in the normal text type of the publication: “POSTMASTER: Send address changes to [publication title and mailing address].” For publications authorized for ACS, as defined in 507.4.2, publishers may modify this statement to say: “POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 707.4.12.5); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to [publication title and mailing address].” When Undeliverable as Addressed (UAA) copies are sent to the CFS unit for ACS processing, a PS Form 3579 will not be created and any barcodes or other information on the address will not be obliterated. Change-of-address information may also be shown on the label carrier or container of publications prepared in envelopes, closed wrappers, or polybags.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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