Effective March 10, 2022, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), Exhibit 371.2, to reflect current availability, as follows:
n Regarding footnote 2, the U.S. Postal Service® and the associated posts for those countries stopped selling international postal money orders effective October 1, 2021.
n Regarding footnote 4, the U.S. Postal Service and the associated posts for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago no longer issue money orders, so this footnote is no longer relevant.
n Regarding footnote 5, the U.S. Postal Service and the post for Trinidad and Tobago stopped selling international postal money orders effective January 1, 2022.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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3 Extra Services
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370 International Money Transfer Services
371 International Money Orders
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371.2 Availability
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Exhibit 371.2
Countries Accepting the International Postal Money Order Form (MP1)
[Revise the exhibit (revising footnote 2, deleting footnote 4, renumbering previous footnote 5 as new footnote 4, and revising new footnote 4; also, in the list of countries, remove the marker for footnote 4 from Jamaica and the marker for footnote 5 from Trinidad and Tobago) to read as follows:]
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(2) Effective October 1, 2021, the foreign post stopped selling international postal money orders destined for the United States. Likewise, effective October 1, 2021, the Postal Service stopped selling international postal money orders destined to the foreign post. Effective October 1, 2022, the foreign post will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the Postal Service. Likewise, effective October 1, 2022, the Postal Service will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the post.
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(4) Effective January 1, 2022, Trinidad and Tobago stopped selling international postal money orders destined for the United States. Likewise, effective January 1, 2022, the Postal Service stopped selling international postal money orders destined to Trinidad and Tobago. Effective January 1, 2023, Trinidad and Tobago will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the Postal Service. Likewise, effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by Trinidad and Tobago.
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Although effective March 10, 2022, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
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