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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 18, 2013

New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

Today the final rule New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products Federal Register Notice for the January 2014 price change was published. It is on the Federal Register site and on Postal Explorer^® pe.usps.com under the Federal Register Notices link on the left-hand side.

This final rule contains revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) to accompany the price adjustments filed with the PRC on September 26, including new pricing eligibility for retail and commercial nonpresorted First-Class Mail^® letters, several mail classification changes, and some condensing of current standards for Periodicals publications.

The effective date is January 26, 2014.