USPS announces updated prices for mailing and shipping services On Jan. 22, prices for most USPS Mailing and Shipping Services changed. Mailing Services includes domestic and international First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services. Highlights include a 1-cent increase to 45-cents in the price of a First-Class Mail stamp and a 3-cent […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether postal rates should rise above the level of inflation is back in the hands of the independent Postal Regulatory Commission. The federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday told the commission to reconsider its rejection of the Postal Service’s request last fall to raise rates. Normally increases […]
Stamp Price Remains 44 cents; Impact to Retail Customers Minimal WASHINGTON — The first U.S. Postal Service price change in two years will have minimal impact on retail customers who will continue to pay only 44 cents for a stamp. The prices filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission today will become effective April 17. Highlights […]
Burrus Update #13-2010, July 29, 2010 Competing Interests, Diverging Views In many Updates and editorials on postal issues, I have criticized the influence of large mailers on the USPS — even while acknowledging that they provide much of the volume that makes it possible for the Postal Service to maintain its national network and provide […]
In Run-Up to Postal Reform, They Championed Annual Increases Burrus Update 11-2010, July 13, 2010 The APWU often criticizes the cozy relationship between large mailers and postal management, but we understand that without the major mailers there would be insufficient mail volume to maintain the Postal Service’s national network and to employ 600,000 workers. “Non-household […]
About 90 Percent of Proposed Price Changes Under 6 Percent WASHINGTON — Volume discounts and free additional weight are included in the proposed price changes the U.S. Postal Service filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today. Price changes for the majority of products and services fall between 4 percent and 6 percent. These products […]
Highlights * First-Class Mail stamps would increase to 46 cents. A new Forever Stamp image will be available in October. * First-Class Mail postcard prices will increase 2 cents to 30 cents. * Periodicals will receive an 8 percent increase. * Recommended increase for catalogs is 5.1 percent. * Standard Mail parcels will increase about […]
* Beginning September 14, 1975, additional ounces were charged a lower rate. Since July 15, 1979, a surcharge has been added for non-standard envelope sizes. HISTORIAN UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE MAY 2009