First-Class Mail

New price and product changes will be effective Monday, May 12, 2008. Today we will discuss the changes to First-Class Mail service:

• The single piece 1-ounce First-Class Mail letter price is going up 1 cent to 42 cents.
• The additional-ounce price for single piece letters, flats, and parcels remains 17 cents, and the additional-ounce price for automation-rate letters remains 12.5 cents.
• The additional-ounce price for presort-rate letters decreases from 17 cents to 12.5 cents. This elimi­nates extra mail preparation work by customers, and simplifies the postage verification procedures. This change also results in some relatively large price reductions for presort-rate letters weighing 2 to 3.5 ounces.
• The nonmachinable surcharge for single piece and presort-rate letters increases to 20 cents.