Yes, they do. It’s available here: USPS Postage Price Calculator. Around May of 2017 the calculator was updated to try and make it easier to use, but, WOW, for calculating postage for letters/envelopes it became MUCH more difficult to use. For example, every person using the calculator sees two checkbox option about shipping live animals or day-old poultry. I wonder how many people that message applies to? But, yes, what do you expect: it’s a government-created web site 🙂 All kidding aside, other than being a bit complex, once you’ve been through it a few times it works quite well for Priority mail and packages. If you are looking up the price for a letter, on the first screen, make sure you select the icon titlted “Calculate price based on Shape and Size”.
In 2022 the cost to mail a standard size postcard is 44 cents ($0.44). The postcard can be no larger than 6 inches by 4.25 inches. The United States Postal Service offers “Postcard Forever Stamps”. An oversized postcard (no larger than 11.5×6.125 is $0.58
Forever Stamps never expire and will always be the equivalent value of whatever the corresponding postal rate is – for example, a one-ounce First Class stamp for a regular Forever Stamp (that’s why I created this site: to keep track of the current postage rate which regular changes).
The Post Office offers a variety of Forever Stamps: Regular (one ounce), Additional Ounce Forever Stamp, Two Ounce Forever Stamp, Three Ounce Forever Stamp, Non-Machinable Surcharge Forever Stamp (would be used for odd sized letters), Postcard Forever Stamp, and the Global Forever Stamp.
The price to buy a Forever stamp, or to mail a 1-ounce letter, will increase on Sunday. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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- Annalise Knudson |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It will soon cost more to mail a letter.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is raising the cost of its Forever First-Class stamp on Sunday.
It means that Saturday is the final day to buy stamps or mail a letter at a lower cost before prices are raised.
Here’s a look at the prices to be raised:
Forever stamp, or mailing a 1-ounce letter: Will increase from 55 cents to 58 cents.
Additional ounces for letters: Will remain at 20 cents.
A book of 20 stamps: Will increase from $11 to $11.60.
Metered 1-ounce letter: Will increase from 51 cents to 53 cents.
Postcard: Will increase from 36 cents to 40 cents.
First-class single-piece flat mail: Will increase from $1 to $1.16.
Outbound internal letters: Will increase from $1.20 to $1.30.
Certified mail: Will increase from $3.60 to $3.75.
Registered Mail: Will increase from $12.90 to $13.75.
You can go here for the full list of prices for domestic and international mailing.
Marketing mail, periodicals, package services and special services will also experience postage rate increases on Sunday.
Despite the increases, the USPS said it still has some of the lowest letter-mail postage rates in the world. While it will cost 58 cents to mail a 1-ounce letter in the United States, it currently costs $3.40 in Italy, $1.90 in France, $1.20 in the United Kingdom, and 89 cents in Canada.
The increase is part of USPS’s “Delivering for America” plan, a 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence. It is raising overall product and service prices by approximately 6.9% due to declining mail volume.
“For the past 14 years, the Postal Service has had limited pricing authority to respond to changing market realities,” said Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy. “As part of our 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence, the Postal Service and the Board of Governors are committed to judiciously implementing a rational pricing approach that helps enable us to remain viable and competitive and offer reliable postal services that are among the most affordable in the world.”
With full implementation, this 10-year plan is designed to reverse a projected $160 billion in operating losses over the next 10 years.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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