Effective January 19, 2025, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 203.8.1, to reflect the Postal Service’s change in requirements for using optional endorsement lines or carrier-route information lines on USPS Marketing Mail® carrier-route letters.
This revision will be published in the DMM on January 19, 2025, which is when this standard will become effective.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels
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203 Basic Postage Statement, Documentation, and Preparation Standards
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8.0 Carrier Route Information Lines
8.1 Basic Information
[Revise the text of 8.1 to read as follows:]
Mailers must prepare bundles of all mailpieces mailed at carrier-route prices with optional endorsement lines under 7.0, carrier-route information lines under 8.2, or facing slips (see 203.4.0). Mailers must use optional endorsement lines or carrier-route information lines on all pieces in mailings of USPS Marketing Mail letters prepared under 245.6.7 and 245.6.10.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the January 19, 2025, edition of the online DMM. The DMM is available on Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
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