Postal Bulletin 22601 (June 30, 2022 ...
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postal bulletin 22601 (6-30-22)
Contents
COVER STORY
A U.S. Passport is Your Key to International Travel . . . . . . .
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POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND FORMS
UPDATES
Manuals
DMM Revision: Domestic Competitive Products Pricing
and Mailing Standards Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DMM Revision: New Mailing Standards for Domestic
Mailing Services Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IMM Revision: Individual Country Listing for China. . . . . . . .
Handbooks
Handbook EL-505 Revision: Changing Handbook Name
and Updating Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Publications
Publication 52 Revision: Mailing Live Animals. . . . . . . . . . . .
Publication 223 Revision: Directives and Forms Update. . . .
Publication 431 Revision: Changes to Post Office Box
Service and Caller Service Fee Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Domestic Mail
Labeling List Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
¡°Parcels Prepared in Soft Packaging¡± Federal Register
Notice Withdrawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Stamp Services
Stamp Announcement 22-26: Go Beyond Stamps . . . . . . . .
Stamp Announcement 22-27: National Marine
Sanctuaries Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stamp Announcement 22-28: Elephants Stamp . . . . . . . . . .
Pictorial Postmarks Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color or
Traditional Postmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PULL-OUT INFORMATION
Fraud
Invalid USPS Corporate Account Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms . . . . . . . .
Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order Forms . . . .
Verifying U.S. Postal Service Money Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian
Money Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Information
Overseas Military/Diplomatic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freely Associated States Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Environmental Management
Updated Environmental Management and Compliance
Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2021 Annual Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PB 22589 (1-13-22)
Finance
Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for
Rural Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Information Security
Set Up Your ACE Password Recovery Settings in
eAccess Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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International Mail
Competitive Services Price Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mailing Services Price Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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POSTAL BULLETIN 2021 ANNUAL INDEX
Cover Story
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Cover Story
A U.S. Passport is Your Key to International Travel
The U.S. Department of State¡¯s Passport Services
Directorate issues U.S. passports to traveling Americans.
Passports are a request to foreign governments to permit
you to travel, and also allow you to re-enter the United
States.
The RCAS tool will display available appointment times
for participating Post Office? locations that offer passport
appointment services within the selected radius. Users will
receive notifications of their scheduled appointment via
email or text.
A passport book or card is proof of identity and U.S.
citizenship. U.S. citizens can use each as follows:
If you are renewing your passport, you must do so by
mail. You do not need to make an appointment for the
renewal. The directions are straightforward ¡ª simply take
your documents and payment to the nearest Post Office
and mail everything to the U.S. Department of State using
Priority Mail? or Priority Mail Express? service.
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The passport book for all international travel by air,
land, or sea.
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The passport card to enter the United States from
Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda, and
at land border crossings or sea ports-of-entry. U.S.
citizens cannot use the passport card for international air travel. The wallet-size passport card is convenient and less expensive than the passport book.
Whether you plan to apply for a first-time passport book,
passport card, or both, submitting your passport application
is easy. The United States Postal Service? makes it convenient to apply for a passport with the Retail Customer
Appointment Scheduler (RCAS) tool. Customers now have
the opportunity to self-schedule a first-time passport application appointment through a variety of options:
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Online or on a mobile device at scheduler.
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At any one of the 2700 Self-Service Kiosks (SSKs).
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At the Retail counter of more than 17,000 select Post
Offices.
The RCAS tool guides you through the appointment
process in four easy steps:
1. Choose a service.
For best results, follow these passport and international
travel tips:
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Apply for your passport book or card early.
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Check the expiration date of your current passport.
U.S. passports are issued to adults for 10 years and
children under the age of 16 for 5 years.
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Visit the Department of State website at
travel.content/travel/en/passports.html for
the following information:
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Find out how to apply for or renew your passport;
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Get passport fees and forms;
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Track your application; or
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Report your passport lost or stolen.
Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program at
step.step. U.S. citizens and nationals who
travel and live abroad can use this free service to
register their trip with the nearest U.S. Embassy or
Consulate.
2. Find available appointments.
3. Select your appointment time.
4. Provide contact information.
¡ª Retail Services,
Delivery and Retail Customer Service Operations, 6-30-22
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Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates
postal bulletin 22601 (6-30-22)
Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates
Manuals
DMM Revision: Domestic Competitive Products Pricing and Mailing Standards Changes
Effective July 10, 2022, the Postal Service? will revise
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM?), in various sections, to
reflect changes to certain pricing and mailing standards for
the following domestic mail competitive products:
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Priority Mail?.
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Parcel Select .
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Return Services.
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Other.
This article describes new prices and product features
for domestic mail competitive products established by the
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service?.
New prices are available on the Postal Explorer? website at
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Competitive products changes are by product as follows:
Priority Mail
Priority Mail Commercial Plus? Cubic
Currently, Commercial Plus cubic prices are available to
Priority Mail customers whose account volumes exceeded
50,000 pieces in the previous calendar year and have a
customer commitment agreement with the Postal Service.
The Postal Service is revising the DMM to remove the
volume requirements for Priority Mail Commercial Plus
cubic prices. The Postal Service will also eliminate the
requirement to have a customer commitment agreement
for cubic pricing. Priority Mail cubic prices will be available
to all commercial customers.
Priority Mail Maximum Insurance Indemnity
The Postal Service has proposed making the maximum
insurance indemnity included with retail- and commercialpriced Priority Mail limited to a maximum liability of $100.
See Federal Register notice, ¡°New Mailing Standards for
Domestic Mailing Services Products¡± (87 FR 21601-21603)
for additional information.
Parcel Select
Parcel Select Ground? Cubic
The Postal Service is implementing cubic pricing under
the Parcel Select Ground price category. Parcel Select
Ground cubic pricing will be available to eligible Parcel
Select Ground customers for rectangular, nonrectangular,
and soft-pack mailpieces. Each mailpiece must measure 1
cubic foot or less, weigh 20 pounds or less, and the longest
dimension may not exceed 18 inches. Rolls and tubes do
not qualify for mailpiece cubic prices. Parcel Select Ground
cubic pricing will be available in 10 pricing tiers.
Return Services
USPS Returns? Service
The Postal Service is proposing to include $100 of insurance with Priority Mail Return? service pieces. See Federal
Register notice, ¡°New Mailing Standards for Domestic
Mailing Services Products¡± (87 FR 21601-21603) for additional information.
Other
Postal Zone Calculation Revision
Currently, prices for certain subclasses of mail are
based on the weight of the individual piece and the distance that the piece travels from origin to destination (i.e.,
the number of postal zones crossed). Administering these
postal zones is based on a map in which the earth is
divided into units of area 30 miles square, identical with a
quarter of the area formed by the intersecting parallels of
latitude and meridians of longitude. Postal zones are based
on the distance between these area units. The distance is
measured from the center of the area unit containing the
sectional center facility (SCF) serving the origin Post
Office? to the SCF serving the destination Post Office.
The Postal Service is revising the calculation method for
postal zones. Administration of postal zones will be calculated based on the centroid (geometric center) of each 3digit ZIP Code? area or combination of 3-digit ZIP Code
areas. Postal zones will be based on the distance between
these area units. The distance is measured from the centroid of the 3-digit ZIP Code area serving the origin Post
Office to the centroid of the 3-digit ZIP Code area serving
the destination Post Office. The 3-digit ZIP Code areas
serving the origin and destination Post Offices will be
determined by using Labeling List L002, Column A.
Notice 123 ¡ª Price List
The Postal Service will also revise Notice 123 ¡ª Price
List, as applicable, based on standards described in this
article. Revised Notice 123 ¡ª Price List will be effective
July 10, 2022.
Resources
The Postal Service provides additional resources to
assist customers with this price change for competitive
products. These tools include price lists, downloadable
price files, and Federal Register notices, which are available on the Postal Explorer website at pe..
Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates
The Postal Service will publish these revisions in the
DMM on July 10, 2022, which is when these standards
become effective.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal
Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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[Revise the first sentence of the introductory text of 3.4.1 to
read as follows:]
Priority Mail pieces priced at the cubic price must be
marked ¡°Priority Mail¡± and bear the applicable marking that
reflects the correct price tier printed on the piece or produced as part of the postage indicia.***
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Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and
Parcels
[Add new 3.8 to read as follows and renumber current 3.8
and 3.9 as 3.9 and 3.10:]
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Physical Standards
3.8
Parcel Select Ground Cubic Markings
3.8.1
Price Marking ¡ª Postage Evidencing Systems
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Physical Standards for Parcels
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Maximum Weight and Size
[Revise the second sentence of 7.3 to read as follows:]
***Lower weight limits apply to parcels mailed at cubic,
Regional Rate Box, First-Class Package Service ¡ª Commercial, USPS Marketing Mail, Parcel Select Ground
Cubic, and Bound Printed Matter prices.***
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Additional Physical Standards by Class of Mail
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Parcel Select Ground pieces priced at the cubic price must
be marked ¡°Parcel Select Ground¡± and bear the applicable
marking that reflects the correct price tier printed on the
piece or produced as part of the postage indicia. The cubic
tiers are determined by the cubic measurement of each
mailpiece up to the defined threshold, (for example, measurements from .01 up to .10 for ¡°Cubic .10¡± and from .101
up to .20 for ¡°Cubic .20¡±). Place the marking directly above,
directly below, or to the left of the postage. Approved markings are as follows:
a. ¡°Cubic .10.¡±
b. ¡°Cubic .20.¡±
c. ¡°Cubic .30.¡±
d. ¡°Cubic .40.¡±
e. ¡°Cubic .50.¡±
Priority Mail
[Revise the text of 8.2 to read as follows:]
f. ¡°Cubic .60.¡±
The maximum weight is 70 pounds. Lower weight limits
apply to parcels mailed at cubic (20 pounds); Regional Rate
¡°Box A¡± (15 pounds); and Regional Rate ¡°Box B¡± (20
pounds) prices. The combined length and girth of a piece
(the length of its longest side plus the distance around its
thickest part) may not exceed 108 inches. Lower size limits
apply to parcels mailed at Flat Rate, Regional Rate, and
cubic prices. Lower weight and size standards apply for
some APO/FPO and DPO mail subject to 703.2.0 and
703.4.0, and for Department of State mail subject to
703.3.0.
g. ¡°Cubic .70.¡±
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h. ¡°Cubic .80.¡±
i. ¡°Cubic .90.¡±
j. ¡°Cubic 1.00.¡±
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Price Marking ¡ª Permit Imprint
Parcel Select Ground permit imprint pieces priced at the
cubic price must be marked ¡°Parcel Select Ground¡± and
bear the ¡°cubic¡± marking printed on the piece or produced
as part of the permit imprint indicia. Place the marking
directly above, directly below, or to the left of the postage.
The approved marking is ¡°Cubic¡± (or ¡°CUBIC,¡± or ¡°cubic¡±).
Elements on the Face of a Mailpiece
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Regardless of the postage-payment method used, soft
pack and padded envelopes must be marked ¡°Parcel
Select Ground¡± in addition to the tier-price markings in
3.8.1 and the dimensions (length and width) of the original
packaging. Place the markings directly above, directly
below, or to the left of the postage.
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3.4
Priority Mail Cubic Markings
3.4.1
Price Marking ¡ª Postage Evidencing Systems
Soft-Pack and Padded-Envelope Markings
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