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110 POSTAL BULLETIN 22164 (9-29-05)
REMINDER
Use of PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72
As noted in the two articles about PS Form 2976-A,
Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note — CP 72, in
Postal Bulletin 22162 (9-1-05 pages 90−94), we redesigned
PS Form 2976-A to meet the new requirements for
mail security, and the newest edition is dated June 2005. In
the first of the two articles, we stated that mailers may use
the January 2004 edition of PS Form 2976-A until January
1, 2006. However, we want to clarify that mailers may also
use the June 2005 edition until January 1, 2006. Each office
should examine its inventory of PS Form 2976-A to ensure
that it is distributing editions dated January 2004 or
June 2005. With the fall mailing season and the holiday
season upon us, each office must ensure that it has enough
stock to meet customer needs.
We plan to release a new edition of PS Form 2976-A on
January 1, 2006. If our planned release of the new edition
occurs as scheduled, please do the following on January 1,
2006:
Discard/recycle all 2004 and 2005 editions of the
form.
Begin using the 2006 edition.
GLOBAL EXPRESS GUARANTEED SERVICE
Entire GXG Transaction Available on POS ONE
Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service, the Postal
Service’s premium international service offered in an
alliance with FedEx, has grown by more than 50 percent
since the two organizations formed the alliance in July
2004.
Starting October 1, 2005, the Postal Service will increase
the convenience of GXG — for both the customer
and the retail sales and service associate (SSA) — by
making the entire GXG transaction available on POS ONE.
Transaction time will be significantly reduced, because
POS ONE will guide the SSA through each step of the GXG
transaction in just a couple of minutes. It will calculate and
provide the guaranteed delivery date as well as the restrictions
and prohibitions for specific customer contents to
each country. A significant new benefit of completing GXG
transactions on POS ONE is that POS ONE will show the
SSA when the customer must complete PS Form 6182,
Commercial Invoice. With the entire GXG transaction
available on POS ONE, the SSA won’t have to refer to
If our planned release of the new edition is delayed,
please do the following on January 1, 2006:
Discard/recycle the 2004 edition of the form.
Continue using the 2005 edition until the 2006 edition
is released.
We will publish a Postal Bulletin article when the new
edition is released.
As noted in the second of the two articles, you can order
PS Form 2976-A from the MDC and use touch tone order
entry (TTOE): Call 800-332-0317, option 2.
Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register,
call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the
prompts to leave a message. (Wait 48 hours after registering
before placing your first order.)
Use the following information to order PS Form 2976-A:
PSIN: PS2976A
PSN: 7530-01-000-9834
Unit of Measure: SE
Minimum Order Quantity: 125
Quick Pick Number: 154
Bulk Pack Quantity: 1,500
Price: $0.0614
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 9-29-05
Publication 141, Global Express Guaranteed Service
Guide, except when working in the offline mode.
See also the GXG Acceptance Matrix (on page 111 of
this Postal Bulletin), which shows employees how to
process GXG shipments.
If a customer prepares the GXG address label and pays
postage on the Click-N-Ship Web site, then the customer
can take the GXG mailing to any Post Office. Also, when
customers pay for postage online, they receive an automatic
5 percent discount, and additional GXG volume discounts
(for shipping 5, 12, or 20 GXG items per week) are
available online too.
GXG shipping supplies are free to customers. Customers
may obtain supplies as follows:
In person, go to a participating Post Office facility.
On the Internet, go to www.usps.com/
internationalsupplies.