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          the postmark date for purposes of section 7502.5  Notice 97-26,             
          1997-1 C.B. at 414, provides in pertinent part:                             
                    SPECIAL RULES FOR DETERMINING POSTMARK DATE:                      
               Section 7502(f)(2)(C) requires a PDS to either (1)                     
               record electronically to its data base (kept in the                    
               regular course of its business) the date on which an                   
               item was given to the PDS for delivery or (2) mark on                  
               the cover of the item the date on which an item was                    
               given to the PDS for delivery.  Under � 7502(f)(1), the                
               date recorded or the date marked under � 7502(f)(2)(C)                 
               is treated as the postmark date for purposes of � 7502.                
                    This notice provides rules for determining the                    
               date that is treated as the postmark date for purposes                 
               of � 7502.  There is one set of rules for the                          
               designated PDSs that qualified for designation because                 
               their  “postmark date” is recorded electronically to                   
               their data bases.  There is another set of rules for                   
               the designated PDS that qualified for designation                      
               because its “postmark date” is marked on the cover of                  
               an item.                                                               
               For items delivered by FedEx, Notice 97-26, 1997-1 C.B. at             
          414, provides:                                                              
                    An electronically generated label is applied to                   
               the cover of all items delivered by FedEx, including                   
               those items that already have an airbill attached.  The                
               date on which an item is given to FedEx for delivery is                
               marked on the label.  There are two types of labels                    
               (which are distinguishable from each other).  One type                 
               of label is generated and applied to an item by a FedEx                
               employee.  The other type of label is generated (using                 
               computer software and/or hardware provided by FedEx)                   
               and applied to an item by a customer.                                  



               5  Although Notice 97-26, 1997-1 C.B. 413, has been modified           
          over the years on several occasions, it continues to provide the            
          special rules, as applicable to domestic service, to determine              
          the date that will be treated as the postmark date for purposes             
          of sec. 7502.  See Notice 2004-83, 2004-2 C.B. 1030.                        





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