Effective August 29, 2021, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), part 604, to update postage stamp prices, include additional information for semipostal stamps, and update other stamp-related information.
The Postal Regulatory Commission recently approved Market Dominant pricing adjustments. Because of these adjustments, section 604.1.0 is being updated to reflect the new prices, which become effective August 29, 2021.
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
1.0 Stamps
1.1 Postage Stamp Denominations
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[Revise the denominations for “Panes” and “Coils of 3,000 stamps” for “Regular Postage” to read as follows:]
Type and Format
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Denomination
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Regular Postage
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Panes
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$0.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .10, $1, $2, $5, $7.95, $10, and $26.35
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Coils of 3,000 stamps
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$0.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, and .10
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[Add “Healing PTSD” to the list of stamps for “Semipostal” to read as follows:]
[Revise the first entry for “Forever Stamp” to read as follows:]
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1.10 Additional Standards for Forever Stamps
[Delete the last sentence in its entirety.]
1.11 Additional Standards for Semipostal Stamps
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[Revise the last sentence of item a. to read as follows:]
***USPS is limited to two congressionally mandated semipostal stamps and may also issue discretionary semipostal stamps over a 10-year period.
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[Add new 1.11b(4) to read as follows:]
4. The Healing PTSD semipostal stamp (discretionary). The difference between the purchase price and the First-Class single-piece first-ounce letter price in effect at the time of purchase constitutes a contribution to healing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and cannot be used to pay postage. Funds (net of reasonable USPS costs) from the sale of the Healing PTSD discretionary semipostal stamp are transferred to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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1.12 Paying for Stamps
[Revise the first sentence of 1.12 to read as follows:]
Payment may be made in U.S. currency or by credit card.***
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2.0 Stamped Stationary
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2.2 Personalized Stamped Envelopes
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2.2.2 Availability
[Revise the first sentence of 2.2.2 to read as follows:]
Personalized envelopes (stamped envelopes imprinted with a return address) are available online at usps.com/pse, by phone at 844-737-7826, or by mail order.***
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 8-12-21
