Effective March 5, 2018, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 604.4.3.3, Placement of Postage, to remove obsolete text regarding the placement of postage indicia produced by retired postage meters.
Although we will not publish these revisions in the DMM until March 5, 2018, the standards are effective immediately.
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 and Refunds
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4.0 Postage Meters and PC Postage Products (“Postage Evidencing Systems”)
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4.3 Postage Payment
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4.3.3 Placement of Postage
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[Revise the text of items b. and c. to read as follows:]
b. Maintain the required 1/2-inch clear zone to the left of and below all elements of the indicium, within which nothing must be printed or placed, except for images obtained from a USPS-approved licensed vendor of customized PC Postage.
c. An approved indicium must include within its boundaries only postal markings and text required or recommended by the USPS, except that the indicium may identify the provider. Other material may be printed only outside the boundaries of the clear zone identified in 4.3.3b.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online update of the DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Marketing, 2-15-18
