Effective September 10, 2018, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 604.4.6.3, for clarity and consistency based on changes to certain products (i.e., Priority Mail Express® and Priority Mail®) and with the use of terms within this section (i.e., postage evidencing).
Although the Postal Service will not publish this clarification in the DMM until September 10, 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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4.6 Mailings
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4.6.3 Deposit of Mail
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[Revise the text of item a. to read as follows:]
a. Mailers may deposit Priority Mail Express (including Flat Rate), Priority Mail (including Flat Rate), retail First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service — Retail, retail Media Mail, Library Mail, and USPS Retail Ground with a postage evidencing indicia at any postal facility, preferably within the area of the customers’ local Post Office. Zone-priced pieces must have postage affixed to each mailpiece that is calculated to include the amount due as specified in 4.3.1, taking into account the weight and the zone from the ZIP Code of the office where the mailpiece is deposited to the ZIP Code of the destination address.
[Add new items b. and c. and renumber current item c. as new item d. to read as follows:]
b. Mailers must deposit all presorted price mail at the authorized mailing office.
c. Mailers must deposit all mail not specified in 4.6.3a and 4.6.3b at a postal facility within the ZIP Code shown in the indicia.
d. Mailers also may dropship metered mail according to the standards in 705.19.0.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 8-2-18
