Effective March 3, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) sections 608.2.1 and 2.2 to include “Diplomatic Post Offices (DPOs)” where we already make reference to Army Post Offices (APOs) and Fleet Post Offices (FPOs).
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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608 Postal Information and Resources
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2.0 Domestic Mail
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2.1 Definition of “Domestic”
[Revise the intro of 2.1 to read as follows:]
Domestic mail is mail transmitted within, among, and between the United States of America, its territories and possessions, Army Post Offices (APOs), Fleet Post Offices (FPOs), Diplomatic Post Offices (DPOs), and the United Nations, NY. For this standard, the term “territories and possessions” comprises the following:
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2.2 Mail Treated as Domestic
[Revise the first sentence of 2.2 to read as follows:]
Mail originating in the United States of America, its territories and possessions, APOs, FPOs, DPOs, and the United Nations, NY, for delivery in the Freely Associated States, and mail originating in the Freely Associated States for delivery within, among, and between the Freely Associated States and the United States of America, its territories and possessions, APOs, FPOs, DPOs, and the United Nations, NY, is treated as if it were domestic mail.***
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We will incorporate these revisions into the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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