Effective June 20, 2021, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 507.1.5.3, to clarify the standard regarding the weighted fee for returned mailpieces.
Section 507.1.5.3, Exhibit 1.5.3, “Treatment of Undeliverable USPS Marketing Mail and Parcel Select Lightweight,” specifies that certain ancillary services subject a mailpiece being returned to a weighted fee and, where applicable, points to footnote 2. for an explanation of the weighted fee. The Postal Service is revising footnote 2. to include First-Class Package Service — Retail®, which was inadvertently omitted in a previous revision.
Although the Postal Service will not publish this revision in the DMM until June 20, 2021, the standard is effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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507 Mailer Services
1.0 Treatment of Mail
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1.5 Treatment for Ancillary Services by Class of Mail
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1.5.3 USPS Marketing Mail and Parcel Select Lightweight
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Exhibit 1.5.3 Treatment of Undeliverable USPS Marketing Mail and Parcel Select Lightweight
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[Revise the text of footnote 2. to read as follows:]
2. The weighted (per piece) fee is the First-Class Mail, First-Class Package Service — Retail, or Priority Mail single-piece price and any nonmachinable surcharge (see 133.1.0), multiplied by 2.472, rounding any fractions to the next whole cent.
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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,
Product Solutions, 5-20-21
