Postal Service

Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems; Discontinued Indicia

July 13, 2012 - 77 FR 41336 - RIN: - Download Full Notice: Text | PDF

The Postal Service proposes to amend the rules concerning the manufacture and distribution of postage evidencing systems to clarify that effective January 1, 2016, all postage evidencing systems (postage meters and PC Postage[supreg] products) will be required to produce Information-Based Indicia (IBI) or Intelligent Mail[supreg] Indicia (IMI) for evidence of pre-paid postage, and that indicia from noncompliant systems will not be recognized as valid postage.

Agency Contact: Marlo Ivey, Business Programs Specialist, Payment Technology, U.S. Postal Service, (202) 268-7613.

This is a proposed regulation. Comments were due on September 11, 2012.


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