Understanding Postal: Beyond Rising Postal Rates

Unlike previous cases, the Postal Service will be offering automation-rate eligibility to one size flat only, i.e., those pieces that meet the requirements for processing on the Postal Service’s Automation Flat Sorting Machine 100 (AFSM 100). Under the USPS’ proposal, the existing Domestic Mail Manual specifications for AFSM 100-compatible flats (DMM 301.3.3) most likely will apply to such mail.