Effective July 28, 2013, the Postal Service™ will revise Handbook M-38, Management of Rural Delivery Services, to reflect the name change of the product known as Express Mail to Priority Mail Express®.
Handbook M-38, Management of Rural Delivery Services
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3 Standard Operating Procedures
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360 Carrier Work Methods — Route
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367 Special Services Mail
[Revise the text to read as follows:]
Registered, certified, numbered insured, COD, customs, and Priority Mail Express must be delivered to the customer’s residence in accordance with instructions in Handbook PO-603.
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5 Route Inspections and Mail Counts
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520 Annual and Special Counts
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526 Conducting the Annual Count
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526.6 Mail Count Forms — Procedures
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526.61 Form 4239, Count of Mail (Rural Route) — Exhibit 526.61
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526.612 Worksheet for Counting
The worksheet must be completed in accordance with the following guidelines:
a. Column A — Letter size Mail
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***Registered, certified, COD, numbered insured mail, Priority Mail Express, and other accountable mail are not included in this column.
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b. Column B — Papers, Magazines, Catalogs, Flats, Other Size Mail.
[Revise the last sentence of Exceptions to read as follows:]
***Registered, certified, COD, numbered insured mail, Priority Mail Express, and other accountable mail are not counted in this column.
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c. Column C — Parcels
[Revise the last sentence of (3) to read as follows:]
***Registered, certified, COD, numbered insured mail, Priority Mail Express, and other accountable mail are not counted in this column.
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f. Column F — Registered and Certified Articles, Numbered Insured Parcels, and Priority Mail Express.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online issue of Handbook M-38, Management of Rural Delivery Services, which is available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
n On the PolicyNet page, click HBKs.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
— Delivery Operations,
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