Effective January 19, 2025, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 602.10, to reflect the Postal Service discontinuing the use of dual-shipping labels.
Effective January 1, 2025, Postal Service Post Offices must not accept items bearing dual-shipping labels and may return such items to the sender. Mailers seeking an extension must submit a request to the attention of Nicole T. Wilson at delivery.confirmation@usps.gov.
Although this revision will be published in the January 19, 2025, DMM edition, this standard is effective January 1, 2025.
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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602 Addressing
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[Revise the title and text of 10.0 to read as follows:]
10.0 Dual-Shipping Labels
Mailers must not use dual-shipping labels, which are used by private shippers to identify both the Postal Service and a private carrier as possible delivery agent. Postal Service Post Offices must not accept items bearing dual-shipping labels and may return such items to the sender.
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available on Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
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