Effective September 8, 2020, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 134.1.1, to include Click-N-Ship® as an additional postage payment option for eligible First-Class Package Service — Retail® business customers.
The Postal Service recently announced this additional postage payment method for eligible First-Class Package Service — Retail business customers in Postal Bulletin 22551 (7-30-20, page 42).
Although the Postal Service will not publish this revision in the DMM until September 8, 2020, this change has been in effect since August 1, 2020.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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100 Retail Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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130 First-Class Mail and First-Class Package Service — Retail
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134 Postage Payment Methods
1.0 Postage Payment Methods for First-Class Mail and First-Class Package Service — Retail
[Revise the text of 1.1 to read as follows:]
1.1 Payment Method
1.1.1 General
Except as provided under 1.1.2 for eligible First-Class Package Service — Retail business customers, postage for single-piece First-Class Mail and First-Class Package Service — Retail must be paid with affixed postage stamps (604.1.0), postage evidencing system postage (604.4.0), or precanceled stamps (604.3.0).
1.1.2 First-Class Package Service — Retail Business Customers
In addition to payment methods in 1.1.1, eligible First-Class Package Service — Retail business customers registered on USPS.com may pay postage with USPS Click-N-Ship.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 8-13-20
