U.S. Postal Service Proposing Slight Increases

It may cost you a few pennies more to mail letters in the near future. The U.S. Postal Service is proposing slight increases for mailing letters and postcards – but leaving first-class “Forever” stamps at their present 49 cents.

Under a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, letters to international destinations would rise from $1.15 to $1.20. Postcards would rise from 34 cents to 35 cents. The proposed increases would become effective on April 26.

On first-class mail, every ounce over 1 ounce would cost an additional 22 cents, up from 21 cents. And letters to all international destinations would go from $1.15 to $1.20.

The filing does not affect Postal Service shipping products and services.

According to the Postal Service these price increases are the latest in a series of steps “to achieve financial stability.”

U.S. Postal Service Proposing Slight Increases