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Publications Mail 2008 Customer Guide
This is the 2008 version of the Publications Mail Customer Guide, effective January 14, 2008.

2008 Publications Mail Price Sheet
Provides the prices that apply to Publications Mail, effective January 14, 2008.

2009 Publications Mail Price Sheet
Provides the prices that apply to Publications Mail, effective January 12, 2009.

Publications Mail Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) Distance-Based Pricing Exceptional Local and Regional Designations
This origin-destination listing contains exceptions to the National, Regional and Local definitions as outlined in Section 5.1.3 of the 2008 Publications Mail Customer Guide.

Publications Mail NDG Letter Carrier Presort (LCP) Major Deposit Locations
Delivery addresses with postal codes in these FSA's may qualify under the Regional category of Publications Mail.

Click here for the list of major deposit location postal codes that are to be used as the deposit location within SERP software for LCP mailings.

Publications Mail Regional Price Category FSA Table
Delivery addresses with postal codes in these FSA's may qualify under the Regional category of Publications Mail.

Publications Mail Enclosures Made Easy!
A handy resource tool that will assist you in identifying which enclosures (inserts/outserts) would be priced with your host publication or separately at an additional cost.

Surcharge Details
Based on customer feedback, Canada Post has developed a new framework for the application of mailing anomaly surcharges that is fair and consistently applied across the Direct Marketing and Transaction Mail services.

This document provides details in three sections:

1. an overview
2. changes to adjustments as they relate to the machine read rate acceptance level for incentive rate services where machine processing applies
3. details of the new surcharges price structure

Mail Preparation & Presortation Guide for Publications Mail
Describes the requirements for mail preparation and presortation of Publications Mail.

Small Publisher’s Guide to Mailing Your Publication
This guide is intended for people who work on small magazines. Created and published as a collaborative effort of the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, Canadian Business Press, Canada Post and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Canada Postal Guide
Contains detailed information on products and services offered by Canada Post, including to the U.S.A. and International destinations.

Postal Standards
Guidelines primarily intended to assist mailers and their suppliers to prepare mail items which will have the physical characteristics necessary for effective processing by Canada Post's automated mail processing systems

Canadian Addressing Guide
Provides you with information on how to properly address an envelope.

Address Accuracy Program
The Address Accuracy program is designed to encourage mailers to accurately address mail. At this link you will find additional details and a customer guide to the Address Accuracy Program as well as a listing of software that are available to validate and/or correct mailing lists to Canada Post requirements.

The National Presortation Schematic (NPS)
The National Presortation Schematic (NPS) is a set of tables that indicates how FSA's are consolidated through Canada Post's mail distribution network.

Recognized Presortation Software
Various software packages are available to assist mailers in meeting any presortation requirements for mailers who utilize recognized presortation software may take advantage of presort incentive rates. A list of recognized presortation software is available at this link.

Publications Mail at a glance
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