Effective January 22, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 207.4.11.3, to specifically allow a publisher to place the identification statement on the cover of a publication. This clarification confirms that this additional design option does not affect mail verification, processing, or delivery.
Although this clarification will not be published in the DMM until January 22, 2017, this revision is effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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207 Periodicals
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4.0 Basic Eligibility Standards
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4.11 Identification
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4.11.3 Unbound Publication
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[Add new item d. to read as follows:]
d. On the cover of the publication.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing and Sales, 11-24-16
