Effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), Exhibit 371.2 and the International Country Listing (ICL) for Trinidad and Tobago, to reflect that the cashing of international postal money orders between the Postal Service and the Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPost) will be discontinued as of January 1, 2023. We are also revising the text of 371.2 to reflect current information.
As noted in the article titled “IMM Revision: Termination of International Postal Money Order Service” in Postal Bulletin 22583 (10-21-21, page 10), the TTPost stopped selling international postal money orders destined for the United States effective January 1, 2022, and on that same date, the Postal Service stopped selling international postal money orders destined to Trinidad and Tobago. That article also gave notice that both the Postal Service and TTPost would stop cashing international postal money orders from the other entity effective January 1, 2023.
Consequently, the following procedures apply for an international postal money order either from or destined to Trinidad and Tobago:
n Issued by TTPost: In accordance with IMM 371.5, the recipient must cash it at a U.S. Post Office™ facility by the expiration of the validity date on the money order or before January 1, 2023, whichever comes first.
n Issued by the United States Postal Service and destined for Trinidad and Tobago: The purchaser may redeem it for face value at a U.S. Post Office on or after January 1, 2023.
Also effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service will revise Exhibit 371.2 to remove the entry for Trinidad and Tobago and the associated footnote 2, and will revise the ICL for Trinidad and Tobago to reflect that International Postal Money Order service is not available.
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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The United States Postal Service offers customers the ability to purchase international postal money orders destined for the countries using the International Postal Money Order (Form MP1) — Exhibit 371.2 lists the countries that accept this form. In addition, the postal operators of the countries marked with asterisks in Exhibit 371.2 offer international postal money orders destined for the United States.
Exhibit 371.2
Countries Accepting the International Postal Money Order Form (MP1)
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Individual Country Listings
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Extra Services
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International Postal Money Order (371)
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NOT Available
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Although effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions 11-17-22
