USPS Rate Changes Started Sunday, May 31, 2015
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- Rates
for First-Class Mail letters purchased at the Post Office have NOT INCREASED and remain at $0.49
- Rates
for Metered Mail First-Class letters (postage purchased online or through a
postage meter) have increased by $0.005 to $0.485
- Priority
Mail and Priority Mail Express rates have NOT INCREASED in 2015
- Priority
Mail International now includes "zone pricing" for Canada, split up into 7
pricing zones
- Parcel
Select prices have DECREASED in Zones 1 to 4 for packages weighing
between 5 lbs. to 24 lbs.
- Media
Mail now includes free package tracking
- Adult
Signature Service has expanded to include First-Class Package Service and
Parcel Select Lightweight pieces
- On Sunday, May 31, 2015, the USPS increased
the Metered Mail rate
by half a cent to $0.485 from $0.48. Additional ounces now cost $0.22. The
retail (or Post Office) rate continues to stay at $0.49.
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