Postal Bulletin 22137 (9-16-04)
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NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH PUBLICITY KIT, PAGE 9 PUBLISHED SINCE MARCH 4, 1880 PB 22137, September 16, 2004 2 POSTAL BULLETIN 22137 (9-16-04) CONTENTS The Postal Bulletin is also available on the World Wide Finance Web at http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm for Notice: Household Diary Study. 81 customers and at http://blue.usps.gov for employees. International Mail ICM Updates: International Customized Mail. 82 USPSNEWS@WORK . 3 Licensing Administrative Services Promotions. 86 Directives and Forms Update. 5 Philately Customer Relations Stamp Announcement 04-31: Christmas: Madonna and Mail Alert. 7 Child by Lorenzo Monaco Stamp. 88 Publicity Kit: National Stamp Collecting Month. 9 Stamp Announcement 04-32: Hanukkah Stamp. 90 Stamp Announcement 04-33: Kwanzaa Stamp. 92 Domestic Mail The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps, 31st DMM Revision: Labeling List Changes. 36 Edition. 94 DMM Revision: Periodicals Combined Mailing. 38 Pictorial Cancellations Announcement. 96 DMM Revision: Realignment of ZIP Codes: Destination Special Cancellation Die Hubs. 104 Entry and BMC Service Areas. 39 DMM Revision: Periodicals Irregular Parcels. 40 Post Offices New Form: PS Form 3811-I, Instructions for Requesting Post Office Changes. 106 Return Receipt (Electronic) . 41 Mover’s Guide News: September 2004 Mover’s Guide Fall Mailing Season. 42 Now Available. 108 Field Information Kit: Return Receipt (Electronic). 43 Deliver It Right. 109 Retail ReadyPost Sales Contest: Everyone Sells, Everyone Pull-Out Section Wins!. 110 Fraud Alert Postal Bulletin Index Withholding of Mail Orders. 45 Semiannual Index. PB 22132 (7-8-04) Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account Numbers. 46 Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms. 48 Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order The Postal Bulletin is pub- Forms. 53 lished biweekly; information Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms. 56 Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian is effective for one year un- Money Orders. 56 less it changes a permanent Other Information directive or unless otherwise Overseas Military Mail. 57 specified. Notice to All Employees: Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet. 63 Recycled Columbus Day Poster. 65 Paper (Domestic Mail section continued) . 69 Revised Form: PS Form 3811-A, Request for Delivery Information/Return Receipt After Mailing . 75 Employees ELM Revision/Correction: Team Awards. 77 Safety Reminder: Fire Prevention Week — Test Your Smoke Alarms. 78 Notice: Military Leave Allowances. 78 Endorsements. 79 A special note of acknowledgement and credit is given to the New York City Office of Emergency Management, which granted the U.S. Postal Service permission to use the material on the cover. Ordering Information: Following is the list of postal stock numbers (PSNs) to use when ordering copies of the Postal Bulletin from the MDC: PB 22137: 7690-07-000-0121 PB 22129: 7690-07-000-0113 PB 22122: 7690-05-000-5991 PB 22115: 7690-05-000-5984 PB 22136: 7690-07-000-0120 PB 22128: 7690-07-000-0112 PB 22121: 7690-05-000-5990 PB 22114: 7690-05-000-5983 PB 22135: 7690-07-000-0119 PB 22127: 7690-07-000-0111 PB 22120: 7690-05-000-5989 PB 22113: 7690-05-000-5982 PB 22134: 7690-07-000-0118 PB 22126: 7690-07-000-0110 PB 22119: 7690-05-000-5988 PB 22112: 7690-05-000-5981 PB 22133: 7690-07-000-0117 PB 22132: 7690-07-000-0116 PB 22125: 7690-07-000-0109 PB 22118: 7690-05-000-5987 PB 22111: 7690-05-000-5980 PB 22131: 7690-07-000-0115 PB 22124: 7690-07-000-0108 PB 22117: 7690-05-000-5986 PB 22110: 7690-05-000-5979 PB 22130: 7690-07-000-0114 PB 22123: 7690-07-000-0107 PB 22116: 7690-05-000-5985 PB 22109: 7690-05-000-5978 POSTAL BULLETIN 22137 (9-16-04) 3 USPSNEWS@WORK Be prepared: Good advice for “Our technology infrastructure is one of the largest in the emergency preparedness world,” says Chief Technology Officer Robert Otto. “With ACE, we have built a framework for faster deployment of “Be prepared.” That’s good advice for everyone — and business solutions. We’ve improved efficiency and helped t the Postal Service is helping employees do just that. USPSr reduce operating costs. On Sept. 9, 2004, Homeland Security Secretary Tom This happened through teamwork, especially by districts Ridge officially dubbed September National Preparedness that were among the first to fully deploy ACE: Greater Indi- Month. More than 80 federal, state, local and government ana, Dallas, Louisiana, Central Plains, Central Florida, agencies are participating. The Postal Service will be mail- Greater Michigan, South Georgia, Greensboro, Royal Oak, ing a household readiness guide called Prepared, to every Spokane and Erie. employee’s home. The guide stresses the importance of ACE upgraded more than 130,000 computers, retired preparation for any emergency — from natural disaster to a 12,000 servers and converted more than 150,000 e-mail terrorist attack. users. Everyone has experienced the advantages of “The Postal Service can respond to disasters in the ACE — faster desktops, increased network speed, uni- workplace and in our service areas,” said Emergency Pre- versal access and 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week paredness Vice President Henry Pankey. “Like the rest of availability! the nation, USPSr employees also should prepare them- ACE has won six awards for its design and functionality. selves, their families and their household for emergencies.” It’s used as a model in many other federal agencies and pri- Prepared follows the theme “What to have in your head, vate businesses. what to have in your hand, what to have in your home.” It Simplicity. Reliability. Accessibility. Everyone’s a winner includes the following: with ACE. H Helpful checklists. H Emergency response information. Three good causes: Customers and H Specific information for weather disasters, fires, USPS show they care through earthquakes, etc. semipostal sales H Tips for people with special needs. Customers have purchased H Emergency reference cards. more than 549.5 million Emergency preparedness is as simple as planning Breast Cancer Research ahead — watch for Prepared coming this month and share stamps since July 1998, the information with your family, friends and neighbors. raising $39.6 million for re- search. Winning with ACE: Advanced The Heroes of 2001 stamp has raised $9.9 million to aid Computing Environment delivered families of rescue workers affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist ahead of schedule and under budget attacks, with 124.7 million stamps sold since its issue in June 2002. Everything’s coming up ACEs! Information Technol- And 16.9 million Stop Family Violence stamps have ogy has completed deploy- been sold since October 2003, raising $1.2 million for De- ment of the Advanced partment of Health and Human Services domestic violence Computing Environment programs. (ACE) ahead of schedule Semipostal stamps are priced at 45 cents and are valid and $80 million below plan. It’s a remarkable success for for the 37-cent First-Class Mailr rate. The extra money, mi- the Postal Servicet. nus administrative costs, goes to the designated cause. 4 POSTAL BULLETIN 22137 (9-16-04) Absentee voting express: Ballots for The proof is in the mail: Proof of U.S. military forces deployed overseas delivery goes electronic to be expedited Return receipts — those ubiquitous green cards that t The Military Postal Service have graced the back of Certified Mail pieces for years — Agency (MPSA) is working just joined the digital age. Customers can now request a to make sure U.S. service Return Receipt (Electronic) to go along with special ser- members deployed around vices. the world have speedy ser- Electronic Return Receipts, just like their hard-copy vice to get their votes counterparts, provide proof of delivery for Certified Mail, counted in this fall’s presidential election — and the Postal Registered Mailt, Collect on Delivery and Numbered In- Servicet is doing what it can to help MPSA get the job sured Mail pieces. done. So, what’s different about the electronic version? The More than 5,000 county and municipal election officials customer gets a delivery notification electronically — as an around the U.S. will be asked to separate Army and fleet e-mail attachment — instead of as a postcard in the mail. Post Office (APO/FPO) absentee ballots for registered vot- It’s a PDF file that opens using Adobe Acrobat software. ers in the military. Local Post Officest will consolidate and The recipient’s signature and address are taken from hand off to processing and distribution center and airport the printed PS Form 3849, Delivery Notice/Reminder/ mail center/facility Express Mailr distribution units for expe- Receipt — no green card is used! dited delivery to military mail gateways in San Francisco, After customers purchase the Return Receipt (Electron- New York and Miami. ic), they must go to www.usps.com and enter the label At the gateways, the ballots will be sorted to military ZIP number printed on their POS ONE receipt or accountable Codest and placed in specially marked letter trays for de- mail label receipt. Then they enter the e-mail address to livery to the Military Postal Service overseas. Completed which they would like the Return Receipt (Electronic) sent. ballots will be postmarked at the APO or FPO and given Notifications usually arrive within 48 hours of delivery. priority handling in specially marked letter trays for return to Return Receipt (Electronic) is not available to APO/FPO the United States. Back at the gateways, the ballot enve- addresses or U.S. territories, possessions and freely asso- r lopes will be sorted and receive special handling by USPS ciated states. in transit to the local communities. POSTAL BULLETIN 22137 (9-16-04) 5 Administrative Services Directives and Forms Update Effective immediately, Publication 223, Directives and directives and forms.