Effective January 27, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 453.3.3 and 604.5.1.2 to provide new minimum volume eligibility criteria for Parcel Select® Nonpresort mailpieces, either entered within a single mailing or as part of a combined mailing of mixed class parcels.
Current standards require that mailpieces claiming Parcel Select Nonpresort prices be part of a mailing of at least 50 Parcel Select pieces, except when postage is paid through a USPS-approved PC Postage® system.
This revision will provide price eligibility for Parcel Select Nonpresort pieces under any one of the following conditions:
n At least 50 pieces or 50 pounds of mailpieces claiming Parcel Select Nonpresort prices in a single mailing.
n No minimum volume when part of a mailing of at least 50 Parcel Select pieces.
n No minimum volume when postage is paid through a USPS-approved PC Postage system.
n No minimum volume when part of a combined parcel mailing that already meets the minimum volume eligibility standards for each mail class within the applicable mailing program in DMM 705.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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400 Commercial Parcels
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450 Parcel Select
453 Prices and Eligibility
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3.0 Price Eligibility for Parcel Select and Parcel Select Lightweight
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3.3 Parcel Select Nonpresort Price Eligibility
[Revise 3.3 as follows:]
Parcel Select Nonpresort per piece prices apply to Parcel Select parcels that bear a unique Intelligent Mail package barcode including a postal routing code on each parcel, prepared under 708.5.0. To qualify for Parcel Select Nonpresort prices, mailings must meet one of the following volume thresholds:
a. At least 50 pieces or 50 pounds of mailpieces claiming Parcel Select Nonpresort prices in a single mailing.
b. No minimum volume when part of a mailing of at least 50 Parcel Select pieces.
c. No minimum volume when postage is paid through a USPS-approved PC Postage system.
d. No minimum volume when part of a combined parcel mailing that already meets the minimum volume eligibility standards for each mail class within the applicable mailing program in DMM 705.
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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604 Postage Payment Methods
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5.0 Permit Imprint (Indicia)
5.1 General Standards
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5.1.2 Minimum Volume
Permit imprint mailings must contain at least 200 pieces or 50 pounds of mail, except:
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[Revise 5.1.2 by adding a new item f as follows:]
f. Parcel Select Nonpresort mailings made under 453.3.3.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 12-27-12
