Postal Rates to Change on January 21st

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The United States Postal Service has announced new postal rates that will take effect on January 21, 2018.

A summary of eligible changes is outlined below.

  • First class stamps will increase in price from $0.49 to $0.50 while meter prices will increase from $0.46 to $0.47. This will account for a $0.01 increase in price per piece as opposed to a $0.005 decrease last year.
  • Commercial and nonprofit marketing mail (formerly standard mail) will also increase by 1.9% overall, with some categories increasing and others decreasing. For example, commercial letter size mail will increase by 2% while nonprofit flats will decrease by 6.9%.

For your convenience, our Gabriel Group Postal Rate Chart is available to you for download. Click here to view and save the PDF.