Postal Service

**First-Class Mail International™ M-Bag Service, International Priority
Airmail™ Service, and International Surface Air Lift® Service.**

**Agency:** Postal Service™.

**Action:** Final rule.

**Summary:** The Postal Service adopts new mailing standards for
International Priority Airmail (IPA®) service and International Surface
Air Lift (ISAL®) service. These changes reflect the shape-based
standards published in the Federal Register on February 20, 2008. Prices
for IPA and ISAL will continue to be calculated by piece and pound. New
prices will be adopted, but the pricing structure will not change.

The Postal Service is also adopting new country price groups for
First-Class Mail International M-Bag, Direct Sacks to One Addressee,
service. These changes reflect the nine country price groups for
First-Class Mail International published in the *Federal Register* on
February 20, 2008.

**Effective Date:** 12:01 a.m. on May 12, 2008.

**For Further Information Contact:** Christy Bonning, 202-268-2108.

**Supplementary Information:**

The Postal Service's classification changes and new pricing for M-Bags,
IPA, and ISAL will enhance efficiency and align the products with each
other. IPA and ISAL will have the same shape-based requirements as
First-Class Mail International. First-Class Mail International and
M-Bags will have the same country price groups.

The Postal Service adopts the following changes to *Mailing Standards of
the United States Postal Service*, International Mail Manual (IMM®),
which is incorporated by reference in the *Code of Federal Regulations*.
See 39 CFR Part 20.

**List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20**

Foreign relations, International postal services.

Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 20 is amended as follows:

**Part 20 --- \[AMENDED.\]**

1\. The authority citation for 39 CFR Part 20 continues to read as
follows:

**Authority:** 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401, 404, 407, 408, 3622,
3632, and 3633.

## 2. Revise the following sections of *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* International Mail Manual (IMM), as follows:

## 

## \* \* \* \* \*

## 2 Conditions for Mailing

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## \* \* \* \* \* 

## 290 Commercial Services

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## \* \* \* \* \*

## 292 International Priority Airmail Service

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## 292.1 Description

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## 292.11 General

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##  *\[Replace the paragraph to read as follows:\]*

## International Priority Airmail™ (IPA®) service is as fast as, or faster than, First-Class Mail International service. It is available for volume mailings of all First-Class Mail International postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small packets). The sender must prepare mailpieces in accordance with the shape-based requirements of First-Class Mail International service (see 240) and the requirements of this subchapter. Separate prices are provided for drop shipments, presorted mail (price groups 1--9), and nonpresorted mail (worldwide). Volume incentives available through customized agreements.

## 

## 292.12 Qualifying Mail

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## *\[Replace the paragraph to read as follows:\]*

## Any First-Class Mail International mail piece as defined in 141.5, qualifies. Mailpieces do not have to be of the same size and weight to qualify. 

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## \* \* \* \* \*

## 292.2 Postage

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## *\[Revise heading of 292.21 as follows:\]*

## 292.21 Prices

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## 292.211 General

## *\[Revise the first sentence of the paragraph as follows:\]*

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## International Priority Airmail service has two price options: a presort price option with nine price groups, and a worldwide nonpresort price. \*\*\*

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 

## 

## *\[Replace Exhibits 292.211a, b, and c with new Exhibits 292.211a, b, and c as follows:\]*

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  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                       
  PRIORITY                                                                                                                                                                              
  AIRMAIL**                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                        

  **PRICE**                       ** **                       **Full                                   **ISC Drop                                                                       
                                                              Service**                                Shipment**                                                                       

  **GROUPS**                      **Per Piece**               **Per Lb.**                              **Per Lb.**                                                                      

  **1**                           **\$0.40**                  **\$5.44**                               **\$4.44**                                                                       

  **2**                           **0.15**                    **6.10**                                 **5.10**                                                                         

  **3**                           **0.40**                    **7.50**                                 **6.50**                                                                         

  **4**                           **0.41**                    **7.70**                                 **6.70**                                                                         

  **5**                           **0.15**                    **6.50**                                 **5.50**                                                                         

  **6**                           **0.15**                    **5.80**                                 **4.80**                                                                         

  **7**                           **0.15**                    **7.50**                                 **6.50**                                                                         

  **8**                           **0.12**                    **8.00**                                 **7.00**                                                                         

  **9**                           **0.31**                    **8.25**                                 **7.25**                                                                         

  **Worldwide**                   **0.36**                    **8.50**                                 **7.50**                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                        

  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                       
  PRIORITY AIR MAIL                                                                                                                                                                     
  M-BAG - FULL                                                                                                                                                                          
  SERVICE**                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                        

  **PRICE**                       **Full                                                                                                                                                
                                  Service**                                                                                                                                             

  **GROUPS**                      **Per Lb.**                                                                                                                                           

  **1**                           **\$2.10**                                                                                                                                            

  **2**                           **2.70**                                                                                                                                              

  **3**                           **3.60**                                                                                                                                              

  **4**                           **5.15**                                                                                                                                              

  **5**                           **4.40**                                                                                                                                              

  **6**                           **4.20**                                                                                                                                              

  **7**                           **4.95**                                                                                                                                              

  **8**                           **4.85**                                                                                                                                              

  **9**                           **5.60**                                                                                                                                              

  **Note: M-bags                                                                                                                                                                        
  are subject to                                                                                                                                                                        
  the minimum rate                                                                                                                                                                      
  for 11 pounds.**                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                        

  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                       
  PRIORITY AIR MAIL                                                                                                                                                                     
  M-BAG - ISC DROP                                                                                                                                                                      
  SHIPMENT**                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                        

  **Weight Not**    **Price                                                                                                                                                             
                    Groups**                                                                                                                                                            

  **Over (lb.)**    **1**         **2**         **3**                      **4**         **5**                      **6**         **7**                **8**              **9**         

  **5**             **\$19.30**   **\$25.00**   **\$30.85**                **\$44.50**   **\$38.75**                **\$38.65**   **\$44.80**          **\$42.50**        **\$47.75**   

  **6**             **19.75**     **25.60**     **31.85**                  **46.25**     **39.90**                  **39.45**     **45.95**            **43.85**          **49.60**     

  **7**             **20.20**     **26.20**     **32.85**                  **48.00**     **41.05**                  **40.25**     **47.10**            **45.20**          **51.45**     

  **8**             **20.65**     **26.80**     **33.85**                  **49.75**     **42.20**                  **41.05**     **48.25**            **46.55**          **53.30**     

  **9**             **21.10**     **27.40**     **34.85**                  **51.50**     **43.35**                  **41.85**     **49.40**            **47.90**          **55.15**     

  **10**            **21.55**     **28.00**     **35.85**                  **53.25**     **44.50**                  **42.65**     **50.55**            **49.25**          **57.00**     

  **11**            **22.00**     **28.60**     **36.85**                  **55.00**     **45.65**                  **43.45**     **51.70**            **50.60**          **58.85**     

  **Each additional **2.00**      **2.60**      **3.35**                   **5.00**      **4.15**                   **3.95**      **4.70**             **4.60**           **5.35**      
  pound or fraction                                                                                                                                                                     
  of a pound**                                                                                                                                                                          
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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 292.214 Separation by Price Group

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## *\[Revise the paragraph as follows:\]*

The mailer must specify the price group on the back of PS Tag 115,
*International Priority Airmail,* with 1 (Canada), 2 (Mexico), 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, or WW (worldwide), and must physically separate the sacks by
price group at the time of mailing.

## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 292.3 Weight and Size Limits

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## *\[Revise the paragraph as follows:\]*

## Any item sent by IPA must conform to the weight and size limits for First-Class Mail International postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small packets) as described in 240. 

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## 292.4 Mail Preparation for Individual Items

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 292.42 Marking

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## *\[Revise title of 292.422 as follows:\]*

## 292.422 Packages (Small Packets)

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## *\[Revise 292.422 by changing the word "Letter" to "Letter-Post."\]*

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 292.45 Sacking Requirements

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## 292.451 Direct Country Sack (11 Pounds or More)

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## \* \* \* \* \* 

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## *\[Revise the last sentence in 292.451b as follows:\]*

b\. **\*\*\*** The mailer must specify the price group on the back of PS
Tag 115, *International Priority Airmail*, with 1 (Canada), 2 (Mexico),
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or WW (worldwide).

## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 293.2 Qualifying Mail and Minimum Quantity Requirements

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## *\[Replace the first sentence in the paragraph with the following:\]*

## First-Class Mail International postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small packets), as defined in 141.5, qualify and must be prepared by using the shape-based requirements of First-Class Mail International service (see 240) and the requirements of this subchapter.\*\*\* 

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 293.7 Postage

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## *\[Revise the title of 293.71 as follows:\]*

## 293.71 Prices

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## *\[Renumber Exhibit 293.71 as Exhibit 293.71d. Replace the three unnumbered tables with Exhibits 293.71a, b, and c as follows:\]*

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  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                         
  SURFACE AIR                                                                                                                                                                             
  LIFT**                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  **PRICE**                       ** **                       **Full                                   **ISC Drop                                                                         
                                                              Service**                                Shipment**                                                                         

  **GROUPS**                      **Per Piece**               **Per Lb.**                              **Per Lb.**                                                                        

  **1**                           **\$0.41**                  **\$3.61**                               **\$2.61**                                                                         

  **2**                           **0.15**                    **5.15**                                 **4.15**                                                                           

  **3**                           **0.43**                    **4.45**                                 **3.45**                                                                           

  **4**                           **0.44**                    **4.46**                                 **3.46**                                                                           

  **5**                           **0.15**                    **5.45**                                 **4.45**                                                                           

  **6**                           **0.15**                    **5.55**                                 **4.55**                                                                           

  **7**                           **0.15**                    **5.45**                                 **4.45**                                                                           

  **8**                           **0.12**                    **6.60**                                 **5.60**                                                                           

  **9**                           **0.30**                    **4.48**                                 **3.48**                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                         
  SURFACE AIR LIFT                                                                                                                                                                        
  M-BAG - FULL                                                                                                                                                                            
  SERVICE**                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  **PRICE**                       **Full                                                                                                                                                  
                                  Service**                                                                                                                                               

  **GROUPS**                      **Per Lb.**                                                                                                                                             

  **1**                           **\$1.60**                                                                                                                                              

  **2**                           **1.70**                                                                                                                                                

  **3**                           **2.00**                                                                                                                                                

  **4**                           **2.80**                                                                                                                                                

  **5**                           **2.35**                                                                                                                                                

  **6**                           **2.35**                                                                                                                                                

  **7**                           **2.60**                                                                                                                                                

  **8**                           **3.25**                                                                                                                                                

  **9**                           **3.00**                                                                                                                                                

  **Note: M-bags                                                                                                                                                                          
  are subject to                                                                                                                                                                          
  the minimum rate                                                                                                                                                                        
  for 11 pounds.**                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  **INTERNATIONAL                                                                                                                                                                         
  SURFACE AIR LIFT                                                                                                                                                                        
  M-BAG - ISC DROP                                                                                                                                                                        
  SHIPMENT**                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  **Weight Not**    **Price                                                                                                                                                               
                    Groups**                                                                                                                                                              

  **Over (lb.)**    **1**         **2**         **3**                      **4**         **5**                      **6**         **7**               **8**              **9**            

  **5**             **\$15.90**   **\$14.30**   **\$11.45**                **\$16.25**   **\$12.90**                **\$14.40**   **\$12.05**         **\$16.20**        **\$18.25**      

  **6**             **16.00**     **14.85**     **12.75**                  **18.40**     **14.60**                  **15.85**     **14.35**           **19.00**          **20.25**        

  **7**             **16.10**     **15.40**     **14.05**                  **20.55**     **16.30**                  **17.30**     **16.65**           **21.80**          **22.25**        

  **8**             **16.20**     **15.95**     **15.35**                  **22.70**     **18.00**                  **18.75**     **18.95**           **24.60**          **24.25**        

  **9**             **16.30**     **16.50**     **16.65**                  **24.85**     **19.70**                  **20.20**     **21.25**           **27.40**          **26.25**        

  **10**            **16.40**     **17.05**     **17.95**                  **27.00**     **21.40**                  **21.65**     **23.55**           **30.20**          **28.25**        

  **11**            **16.50**     **17.60**     **19.25**                  **29.15**     **23.10**                  **23.10**     **25.85**           **33.00**          **30.25**        

  **Each additional **1.50**      **1.60**      **1.75**                   **2.65**      **2.10**                   **2.10**      **2.35**            **3.00**           **2.75**         
  pound or fraction                                                                                                                                                                       
  of a pound**                                                                                                                                                                            
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## \* \* \* \* \* 

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## 293.8 Weight and Size Limits

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## *\[Replace the paragraph with the following:\]*

## Any item sent by ISAL must conform to the weight and size limits for First-Class Mail International postcards, letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small packets) as described in 240. 

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## 293.9 Mail Preparation

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## 293.93 Makeup Requirements for ISAL

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## 293.931 Packaging

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## *\[Revise the fourth sentence in 293.931d as follows:\]*

##  d. \*\*\* The designated price group (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) must be inserted as appropriate. \*\*\*

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## Individual Country Listings

## Country Conditions for Mailing

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## First-Class Mail International

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## \* \* \* \* \*

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## Direct Sack to One Addressee -- M-Bags (260)

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## *\[Replace the current price table in each individual country listing in which First-Class Mail International M-Bag service is available with the new price table that reflects the price group (1--9) for that country, as noted in the list below:\]* 

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  Afghanistan          6   Dominica        9   Lebanon         8   San Marino          5

  Albania              4   Dominican       9   Lesotho         7   Sao Tome and        7
                           Republic                                Principe            

  Algeria              8   Ecuador         9   Liberia         7   Saudi Arabia        8

  Andorra              5   Egypt           8   Libya           8   Senegal             7

  Angola               7   El Salvador     9   Liechtenstein   5   Serbia-Montenegro   5

  Anguilla             9   Equatorial      7   Lithuania       4   Seychelles          7
                           Guinea                                                      

  Antigua and Barbuda  9   Eritrea         7   Luxembourg      5   Sierra Leone        7

  Argentina            9   Estonia         4   Macao           6   Singapore           6

  Armenia              4   Ethiopia        8   Macedonia,      4   Slovak Republic     5
                                               Republic of                             

  Aruba                9   Falkland        9   Madagascar      7   Slovenia            5
                           Islands                                                     

  Ascension            7   Faroe Islands   5   Malawi          7   Solomon Islands     6

  Australia            3   Fiji            6   Malaysia        6   Somalia             n/a\*

  Austria              5   Finland         5   Maldives        6   South Africa        7

  Azerbaijan           4   France          5   Mali            7   Spain               5

  Bahamas              9   French Guiana   9   Malta           5   Sri Lanka           6

  Bahrain              8   French          6   Martinique      9   Sudan               7
                           Polynesia                                                   

  Bangladesh           6   Gabon           7   Mauritania      7   Suriname            9

  Barbados             9   Gambia          7   Mauritius       7   Swaziland           7

  Belarus              4   Georgia,        4   Mexico          2   Sweden              5
                           Republic of                                                 

  Belgium              5   Germany         5   Moldova         4   Switzerland         5

  Belize               9   Ghana           7   Mongolia        6   Syrian Arab         8
                                                                   Republic            

  Benin                7   Gibraltar       5   Montserrat      9   Taiwan              6

  Bermuda              9   Great Britain   5   Morocco         8   Tajikistan          6
                           and Northern                                                
                           Ireland                                                     

  Bhutan               6   Greece          5   Mozambique      7   Tanzania            7

  Bolivia              9   Greenland       5   Namibia         7   Thailand            6

  Bosnia-Herzegovina   4   Grenada         9   Nauru           6   Togo                7

  Botswana             7   Guadeloupe      9   Nepal           6   Tonga               6

  Brazil               9   Guatemala       9   Netherlands     5   Trinidad and Tobago 9

  British Virgin       9   Guinea          7   Netherlands     9   Tristan da Cunha    7
  Islands                                      Antilles                                

  Brunei Darussalam    6   Guinea-Bissau   7   New Caledonia   6   Tunisia             8

  Bulgaria             4   Guyana          9   New Zealand     6   Turkey              4

  Burkina Faso         7   Haiti           9   Nicaragua       9   Turkmenistan        6

  Burma                6   Honduras        9   Niger           7   Turks and Caicos    9
                                                                   Islands             

  Burundi              7   Hong Kong       3   Nigeria         7   Tuvalu              6

  Cambodia             6   Hungary         4   Norway          5   Uganda              7

  Cameroon             7   Iceland         5   Oman            8   Ukraine             4

  Canada               1   India           6   Pakistan        6   United Arab         8
                                                                   Emirates            

  Cape Verde           7   Indonesia       6   Panama          9   Uruguay             9

  Cayman Islands       9   Iran            8   Papua New       6   Uzbekistan          6
                                               Guinea                                  

  Central African      7   Iraq            8   Paraguay        9   Vanuatu             6
  Republic                                                                             

  Chad                 7   Ireland         5   Peru            9   Vatican City        5

  Chile                9   Israel          8   Philippines     6   Venezuela           9

  China                3   Italy           5   Pitcairn Island 6   Vietnam             6

  Colombia             9   Jamaica         9   Poland          4   Wallis and Futuna   6
                                                                   Islands             

  Comoros              7   Japan           3   Portugal        5   Western Samoa       6

  Congo (Brazzaville), 7   Jordan          8   Qatar           8   Yemen               8
  Republic of the                                                                      

  Congo, Democratic    7   Kazakhstan      6   Reunion         9   Zambia              7
  Republic of the                                                                      

  Costa Rica           9   Kenya           7   Romania         4   Zimbabwe            7

  Cote d Ivoire (Ivory 7   Kiribati        6   Russia          4                       
  Coast)                                                                               

  Croatia              4   Korea,          6   Rwanda          7                       
                           Democratic                                                  
                           Peoples                                                     
                           Republic of                                                 
                           (North Korea)                                               

  Cuba                 9   Korea, Republic 3   Saint           9                       
                           of (South           Christopher and                         
                           Korea)              Nevis                                   

  Cyprus               4   Kuwait          8   Saint Helena    7                       

  Czech Republic       4   Kyrgyzstan      6   Saint Lucia     9                       

  Denmark              5   Laos            6   Saint Pierre    4                       
                                               and Miquelon                            

  Djibouti             7   Latvia          4   Saint Vincent   9                       
                                               and the                                 
                                               Grenadines                              
  -------------------- --- --------------- --- --------------- --- ------------------- -------

\*n/a = First-Class Mail International M-Bag Service is not available.

## \*\*Insert New Price Tables Here\*\*

**\* \* \* \* \***

Neva R. Watson,

*Attorney, Legislative.*

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