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Advanced Preparation: Plant-Verified Drop Shipment705705.15.2.9h. The mailer must transport all shipments to the post office, unload them forverification. When cleared for dispatch, reload the shipments back onto themailer’s vehicle for transportation to the destination USPS facility.15.2.4 PeriodicalsPeriodicals postage must be paid at the post office verifying the copies or asdesignated by the district. Advertising postage is zoned from the destination USPSfacility where deposited and accepted as mail (or from the facility where the ExpressMail or Priority Mail drop shipment destinates). The publisher must ensure thatsufficient funds are on deposit to pay for all shipments before their release. (Apublisher authorized under an alternative postage payment system must paypostage under corresponding standards.)15.2.5 Standard Mail and Package ServicesThe mailer must pay any applicable permit fees, mailing fees, and postage forStandard Mail and Package Services PVDS at either the post office serving themailer’s plant or the post office that does BMEU verification as designated by thedistrict. If permit imprints are used to pay postage, the mailer must ensure thatsufficient funds are on deposit to pay for all shipments before their release. ForNonprofit Standard Mail rates, a valid authorization must be on file at the post officewhere postage is paid. No permit, fees, or authorizations are required at thedestination USPS facility where PVDS mailings are deposited.15.2.6 Postage Statement—PeriodicalsThe mailer must submit a Form 3541 for each edition of each issue of eachpublication prepared for deposit at each destination USPS facility when thecorresponding copies are presented to the DMU or the post office BMEU forverification. When required by the USPS, the mailer must submit consolidatedpostage statements and a postage statement register.15.2.7 Postage Statement—Standard MailAt the time mail is presented for verification, the mailer must submit an appropriateForm 3602 representing all the pieces from the mailing job and Form 3602-C (orpostage statement register) for all PVDS verified at the mailer’s DMU or the postoffice BMEU. The mailer must enter the required information on Form 3602-C foreach PVDS to be deposited at each destination USPS facility, in lieu of providing aseparate Form 3602 for each PVDS.15.2.8 Postage Statement—Package ServicesAt the time mail is presented for verification, the mailer must submit an appropriatepostage statement for each PVDS mailing destined for each destination USPSfacility. When required by the USPS, the mailer must submit consolidated postagestatements and a postage statement register.15.2.9 Form 8125 and Form 8125-CForm 8125 is used to report a single PVDS that the mailer will transport from originto a destination USPS facility. Computer-generated Form 8125-C (format availableat www.usps.com) provides for reporting multiple PVDS mailings that are preparedby an individual mailer and that are cleared at origin on the same day for entry at asingle destination USPS facility on the same vehicle (see 15.2.11). The mailer mustsubmit a completed Form 8125 (signed and dated by the DMU or BMEU) for eachDomestic Mail Manual Updated 3-15-07