I just saw that the USPS will be implementing changes on July 28, 2013. It seems as though when they start renaming existing services, things tend to break but it is probably premature to take any action other than watch for July 28.
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Express Mail is now Priority Mail Express
In addition to the name change, the estimated time of arrival will be printed on each of your labels. Either “1 DAY” or “2 DAY” will be printed for PME labels, depending on the actual estimated delivery time of the shipment.
Priority Mail now includes some USPS insurance
The amount of insurance you get is dependent upon the rates for which you are eligible. Commercial Base Pricing (CBP) and Retail rates get $50 of included insurance, while Commercial Plus Pricing (CPP) and Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) rates get $100. Remember, Express 1 gives you CPP rates for a lot of their services for Priority & Express mail, and CBP for pretty much everything else in Priority & Express mail.
Some parts of the label have changed
Just like with the new Priority Mail Express labels having an estimated delivery time on them, so too will the “regular” Priority Mail labels. Unfortunately, these are auto-generated by the system based on the origin and destination, and there’s no way to specifically select 1, 2, or 3-day delivery. Additionally, you’ll also find a Carrier Routing code in the top right of the delivery address on the new labels. Most of you probably won’t know what it means, but it is a change to the overall layout of the label.
Electronic Delivery Confirmation is available for 13 more countries
Now your shipments going to Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada (which was previously available), Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, & Switzerland will automatically have the free Electronic Delivery Confirmation added.
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