Effective January 1, 2016, the Postal Service™ will revise the following sections in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect the annual change to the indemnity limits for Registered Mail™ items:
n Section 333.2.
n Section 934.2.
n The Individual Country Listing for each country that offers Registered Mail service.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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3 Extra Services
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330 Registered Mail
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333 Fees and Indemnity Limits
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333.2 Indemnity Limit
[Revise 333.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $42.56:]
Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $42.56.
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9 Inquiries, Indemnities, and Refunds
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930 Indemnity Payments
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934 Payments for Registered Mail
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934.2 Special Provisions
[Revise 934.2 to read as follows, reflecting a change in the indemnity limit to $42.56:]
Regardless of the declared value of a registered item, the maximum amount of indemnity payable for loss, damage, or missing contents is $42.56.
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Individual Country Listings
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Extra Services
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Registered Mail (330)
Fee: Refer to Notice 123, Price List, for the applicable price.
[For every country that offers Registered Mail service in the “Extra Services” section, revise the maximum indemnity limit to $42.56, to read as follows:]
Maximum Indemnity: $42.56
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Although effective January 1, 2016, we will incorporate these revisions into the online IMM that will be published on January 17, 2016. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 11-12-15
