Beginning March 15, 2010, the USPS will no longer issue round-stamped 3602 forms

What does this mean?

Hard copy, round-stamped and signed 3602 postage certifications will no longer be available @ PostalOne! compatible Post Offices.

In an effort to improve efficiency within the Postal Service, the USPS will no longer fill out by hand or round-stamp a postage statement or 3602 document. INSTEAD, and upon request, the Postal Service will provide a copy of the finalized postage statement or a mailing transaction receipt (PS Form 3607-R) after the mail is received and verified by a clerk. The USPS hopes this procedural change will improve service and reduce the amount of paper generated. Who doesn’t like saving paper!

How will it affect you?

Production Solutions does not anticipate this change to affect your documenting and reporting processes for confirmed mailings. A hard copy postage receipt will still be available – it just won’t be round-stamped or filled out by hand by a USPS rep.

One thing to note is that postal acceptance sites that are not on the PostalOne! system will continue to process hard copy postage statements as they do today by completing the USPS section of the postage statement and round-dating the form. For the next few months you should expect to receive a combination of both round-stamped certs and non round-stamped certs as more and more mailers become PostalOne! compliant.

Should you have any additional questions or need clarification regarding this Postal change please email PSI-ClientServices@psmail.com and a member from our Client Services Department will promptly respond.

Above image represents old form/method

Above image represents new form/method and will only be filled out at non-PostalOne! sites.