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The Postal Service is reminding customers that metallic mercury and devices containing metallic mercury are always prohibited in the mail stream. This includes antique items such as thermometers, barometers, blood pressure monitors and similar devices.

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December 15, 2017

New Postage Statements Effective January 21, 2018

New postage statements associated with the January 2018 price change are available on Postal Explorer^®at pe.usps.com. The Postage Statement information is in the January 2018 Price Change "Documents" link.

As of January 21, 2018, the new January 2018 postage statements are required for First-Class Mail^® and First-Class Package Service^® (PS Form 3600-FCM), Periodicals (PS Form 3541), and International Mail (PS Form 3700). When mailing other products, you may continue to use the January 2017 statements (USPS Marketing Mail™ PS Form 3602-R, Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail™ PS Form 3602-N, and Package Services and Parcel Select^® PS Form 3605-R) with the new prices until the next price change.

Please Note: All January 2017 facsimile postage statements are required to incorporate all changes to the Mailer and Mailing sections by January 21, 2018.