As of January 1, 2015, recycle any old copies of Publication 75, Mover’s Guide. All Post Offices™ should receive the new January–March 2015 issue of Publication 75 by December 31, 2014. Similar to last quarter’s shipment, the total quantity of Mover’s Guide copies sent to your facility may have been reduced. In an effort to reduce waste and account for more customers submitting change-of-address orders online, fewer Mover’s Guide copies are needed. There are several things you can do to conserve as well:
n Make sure customers are aware that USPS.com® is the most convenient, safe, and secure way for customers to submit a change-of-address order.
n Encourage carriers to take ICOA message cards on their routes instead of Mover’s Guide copies.
n Give Mover’s Guide copies out to moving customers only.
Alert: The Postal Service™ offers the Mover’s Guide as a service to our customers to assist them with forwarding mail to new addresses. Remember, provide only one Mover’s Guide per mover unless the visitor asks for more. In that event, provide no more than three. The Postal Service has determined that this number is sufficient for customers who use the Mover’s Guide to submit a Change of Address Order relating to a move.
n Copies of Mover’s Guide must be kept behind the counter ONLY, not in inner or outer lobbies or on clerk counters.
n Customers unwilling or unable to submit their change of address at www.usps.com should be given a complete, unopened copy of Mover’s Guide.
n Limit of one Mover’s Guide per customer. Upon request, up to three can be provided.
n Mover’s Guide is printed and distributed four times a year.
Offices will continue to receive copies of Mover’s Guide in one or two shipments. The first shipments should arrive by the end of December. The second shipments will arrive 3 to 5 weeks later.
n Boxes with ORANGE stickers are the first shipment for this print run.
n Boxes with GREEN stickers are the second and final shipment for this print run.
To track your office’s shipment information, go to http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/operations/ops_downloads.htm and click Mover’s Guide (Pub 75) Distribution for January–March 2015. Use the Ctrl + F Function, while the “Fedstrip” Column is highlighted, to search for your office. To request a shipment quantity change, call Imagitas at 800-816-6837.
If your Post Office has an ICOA message card display, replenishment cards and updated banners will be mailed with your Mover’s Guide shipments. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE DISPLAY OR ICOA MESSAGE CARDS. THEY DO NOT EXPIRE. The display is REQUIRED to be in the lobby and it must have the ICOA message cards in it at all times.
If any Post Office runs out of ICOA Message cards between shipments, use the website at http://imagitas.com/postal-order-form.html or call 800-816-6837 for replenishment.
— Address Management,
Product Information, 12-25-14
