Mail Tools Indicia Formats

Effective August 14, 2008, the Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMMR) 202, 245, 302, 345, 402, 445 and 604 to provide a new price-marking option for mailings at Standard Mail prices. Currently, mailers must mark each piece "Presorted Standard Mail" or "PRSRT STD." Standards now require that all Standard Mail must be presorted. To reduce the redundancy of the terms "Presorted" and "Standard" within the same price marking, we are providing a new option that will allow mailers to use the markings "Standard" or "STD."

You can use your company name on a piece with your return address on it. If it does not have the return address of the permit holder, you must use the permit number. You have a lot of latitude as far as appearance, as long as the information is all there (size must be larger than 1/2" sq.). Please double check all mailers with the Post Office. They are the final arbiters.