Effective June 26, 2014, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 604.5.1 to permit less than the current minimum volume for permit imprint mailings when mailers submit electronic postage statements and piece-level barcode information for single-piece First-Class Mail®.
To accommodate mailers presenting the majority of their First-Class Mail using electronic documentation (eDoc), the Postal Service will permit mailings of fewer than 200 pieces for single-piece First-Class Mail letters when mailers submit electronic documentation, including piece-level barcode information, for these mailings as authorized by Business Mailers Support.
Although this update will not be in the DMM until July 28, 2014, these standards are effective immediately.
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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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604 Postage Payment Methods
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5.0 Permit Imprint (Indicia)
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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 the text of 5.1.2d to read as follows:]
d. Single-piece price mailings submitted either, under the terms of an approved manifest mailing system agreement with a minimum volume reduction provision, or when using electronic documentation, including piece-level barcode information, for First-Class Mail letters as authorized by Business Mailer’s Support (see 608.8 for address).
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We will incorporate these revisions into the July update of the DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 6-26-14
