Effective April 21, 2022, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), section 241.217d, to reflect that the nonmachinable surcharge for First-Class Mail International® letters applies to correspondence and nondutiable documents that cause the mailpiece to be uneven.
This revision — removing the reference to pens, pencils, loose keys, or coins as eligible contents for a First-Class Mail International letter — aligns the text with the standards in section 242.1, which lists the content eligibility for items that can be mailed at the First-Class Mail International letter price. Items such as those removed in this revision of 241.217d may be mailed using the other services listed in section 242.2, as long as they are eligible for those services. For further details, review IMM 134, the eligibility sections for the other services, and the individual country listings.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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240 First-Class Mail International
241 Description and Physical Characteristics
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241.2 Physical Characteristics
241.21 Physical Standards — Letters
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241.217 Nonmachinable Surcharge
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[Revise item d. to read as follows:]
d. Contains correspondence or nondutiable documents that cause the thickness of the mailpiece to be uneven.
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Although effective April 21, 2022, the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 4-21-22
