^TESPOSt^ postal bulletinT Y Cf I Published Since March 4, 1880 PB 21738—August 17, 1989— 1983 AU Offices with City and Rural DeliviyP0S7AL SERVICE Railway Mail Service Day Bulk Business Mail—It's Our I am pleased to proclaim August 28, Business 1989, as Railway Mail Service Day iri com- In November 1988, the Postal Service issued a memoration of the 125th anniversary of the guide for letter carriers enuded Bulk Business Mail— Railway Post Office (RPO). On that day in It's Our Business. This guide explained current poli- 1864, George B. Armstrong, the Assistant cies and procedures related to the proper handling Postmaster of Chicago, placed a postal car of deliverable and undeliverable bulk business equipped for general mail distribution in mail. service between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa, The guide introduced a new national policy con- on the Chicago 8c Northwestern Railroad. cerning the handling of undeliverable-as-ad- Thus began a tradition that expanded and dressed (UAA), unendorsed bulk business mail continued until 1977, providing mail service (UBBM). It also further explained proper delivery to points on the trunk lines as well as the procedures in apartment buildings relating to bulk smaller connecting lines. In the beginning business mail. of this service, distribution on the cars was Please ensure that all city and rural delivery carri- confined to letter mail, but in a very few ers are aware of the procedures outlined in this years the distribution of newspapers and guide. Additional copies of this guide are available parcels was absorbed as well. and can be ordered by each division through the The RPO operated under the jurisdiction Delivery, Distribution and Transportation Depart- of the Railway Mail Service, a branch of the ment. A POSTAL BULLETIN (PB) notice updating the Bureau of Transportation in the Old Post December 31, 1987 PB 21652 article, Third-Class Office Department. In 1930, there were Bulk Business Mail Procedures, will appear in the more than 10,000 trains in use moving mail near future. —Delivery, Distribution, and into virtually every town in the United Transportation Dept., 8-17-89. States. By the early to mid-1960s that number had declined to fewer than 1,000 trains. The last RPO, between New York Th« orange and blu« pouch is to bo used and Washington, operated until 1977. for Express Mail Servico only. Railway Mail Service Day recognizes and commends the accomplishments and dili- gence of RPO employees. Their devotion to CONTENTS their jobs and their overwhelming desire to Ayr 15-Ceni Hull House Postal Card 3 serve the public need for reliable mail serv- 28-Cent Sitting Bull Regular Stamp 3 ice should be a model for us all. Back Pay (ELM Revision) (Correction) 2 Bulk Business Mail—It's Our Business I DMM Mail Alert 1 DMM on Magnetic Tape (DMM Notice) IS Express Mail Acceptance Employees EMCA Charge ANTHONY M. FRANK, Back Codes 2 Postmaster General. First-Class ZIP + 4 Barcoded Rate 14 Foreign Order No. 275 2 Holiday Poster (Labor Day) 9 INTELPOST Service—Bangladesh 17 International Money Order Service (IMM Revision) 16 Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account Numbers 20 Missing Money Orders—Canadian 13 DMM Mail Alert Missing Money Orders—U.S 15 National Retirement Counseling System 4 DOMESTIC MAIL MANUAL (DMM), Issue 32, effec- Postal Quarter IV Philatelic Products Report 14 tive September 17, 1989, will be deposited the Postmaster Selection Procedures (EL-311 Revision) 2 week of 8-28-89. It is a fourth-class mailing, Printed Sump Envelopes (Correction) 4 118,000 pieces, distributed nationwide, sorted in Railway Mail Service Day (Message from the Postmaster General) 1 ZIP Code order by sectional center facilities. The Sump Poster 89-26 (Sitting Bull Regular Stamp) 5 requested delivery date is 9/8/89. Stamp Poster 89-27 (Hull House Postal Cant) 7 —Office of Information Services, 8-17-89. Withholding of Mail Order 3 I Pag* 2, 8-17—89, 21738 POSTAL BULLETIN EL-311 Revision Express Mail Acceptance Employees Postmaster Selection Procedures EMCA Charge Back Codes Handbook EL-311, Personnel Operations, subchap- Telephone calls from the field indicate custom- ter 540 is revised to incorporate new language per- ers are experiencing problems in using Express taining to the 2-year service requirement for all Mail Corporate Account (EMCA) numbers with a EAS employees assigned to EAS-24 and above Charge back code. Some acceptance employees are postmaster positions. A future revision of Hand- not aware that the EMCA number can exceed six book EL-311 will include the following changes. digits. In more than one instance, customers have complained that personnel have refused EMCA Chapter 5 Assignment, Reassignment, and Pro- mailings due to the use of the charge back code option. This option allows customers to use an ad- 540 Nonbargaining Unit Positions ditional six digits (for a total of up to 12 digits) in the EMCA number for their internal purposes to ***** charge back the postage expenditures within their 544.13 Time-in-Grade Rule. An employee is not own organization. eligible to apply or be nominated for promotion An example of an EMCA number using the full under the competitive procedures to a position at six digits as a charge back number follows: EAS-17 or above if the employee has been promot- ed (or initially appointed to the Postal Service) EMCA #021093-427365 within the year immediately preceding the closing The Postal Service does not assign or make use date of the vacancy announcement. An employee is of these optional numbers. Only the first 6 num- not eligible to apply or be nominated for promo- bers are used to designate the EMCA for postal tion under the competitive procedures to a posi- accounting purposes. All Express Mail Acceptance tion at EAS-16 or below if the employee has been employees must be made aware of this information. promoted (or initially appointed to the Postal Serv- EMCA shipments with the longer number are not ice) within the 6-month period immediately pre- ceding the closing date of the vacancy announce- to be refused.—Marketing Dept., 8-17-89. ment. A postmaster at any level is not eligible for promotion or reassignment until 1 year from the All Personnel Processing Mail for Dispatch Abroad date of appointment to the postmaster position. (Exception: All EAS employees assigned to EAS- Foreign Order No. 275 24 and above postmaster positions must complete Keep all foreign order notices for use as refer- a minimum of 2 years in the assignment.) Tliese ence. restrictions do not apply: Final Order. The Tentative Decision and Order (no change to a-e) issued against the following has become final: ***** Canada 547.4 1-Year Service Requirement. Newly ap- pointed postmasters may not be detailed, reas- Neweagle Club signed, or appointed to another position in the P.O. Box 77030 Postal Service until 1 year has elapsed from the 3366 Kingsway date of appointment as postmaster, except in emer- Vancouver, B.C. gencies with the approval of the Division Manager. Canada V5R5T8 (Exception: All EAS employees assigned to EAS- and 24 and above postmaster positions must complete Member Order Department a minimum of 2 years in the assignment.) P.O. Box 77030 —Employee Relations Dept., 8-17-89. 3366 Kingsway Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5R5T8 Do not dispatch any mail to the above. Place the (ELM Revision) (Correction) mail pieces in a pouch which has been endorsed "Foreign Order Mail" and send it to Postmaster, Back Pay Claims, Inquiry & Undeliverable Mail, James A. POSTAL BULLETIN 21737, 8-10-89 (page 2), in- Farley Building, Room 2029-A, New York, NY cluded anjpfcdrrect reference due to a typographi- 10199-9543. Do not place any endorsement on the cal error in the article, Back Pay, ELM Revision. The mail pieces themselves. new ELM secion is 436.427 (not 436.437). Individ- This notice may be posted at the outgoing pri- uals responsible for processing back pay claims mary and it must be posted on the Foreign Order should make a pen and ink change denoting this Board at all MSCs and designated International Ex- correction.—Employee Relations Dept., 8-17-89. change Offices.—Judicial Officer, 8-17-89. POSTAL BULLETIN 21738, 8-17-89, Pag* 3 28-Cent Sitting Bull Regular Stamp 15-Cent Hull House Postal Card The 28-cent Sitting Bull regular issue stamp goes The 15-cent Hull House postal card goes on sale on sale September 14, in Rapid City, South Dakota. September 16, in Chicago, Illinois. Hull House was Sitting Bull's true greatness took shape in his per- founded in 1889 by Jane Addams, a crusader for sonal bravery, his unassailable dignity, and his cou- social justice who vowed to create a bridge between rageous defense of his people against impossible different segments of society, providing social odds. A man of superior intelligence, force and interaction between the rich and poor, intellectual persuasive skill, he fought to protect the lands and and illiterate, established citizen and newcomer. lifestyle of the Sioux, stubbornly refusing to sign More than 2,000 people a day came to Hull House away his people's heritage for treaties all too often to take advantage of the many programs offered. worth less than the paper on which they were Today, the original Hull House remains on the printed. campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago as a The legendary chief will be reunited in spirit with museum and national landmark. This Historic other Sioux leaders, Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, Preservation Series postal card celebrates the cen- and his friend, Buffalo Bill Cody, all recent honor- tennial of Hull House.