Effective September 7, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 604.5.1 to correct the DMM language permitting 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® letters.
As published in Postal Bulletin Issue 22392, dated 6-26-14, 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. Due to an administrative oversight, a small portion of the proposed DMM language was omitted from the DMM when it was posted online. This article serves to provide notice of the correction being made to the DMM.
Although this correction will not be displayed in the DMM until September 7, 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 September update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 8-21-14
