USPS announces mailing services prices for 2017
The US Postal Service (USPS) has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for mailing services products which will take effect next year, following the end of the holiday mailing season. The new prices, if approved, include a two cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, returning the price to 49 cents (which was the price of a Forever stamp before the Postal Service was obliged to reduce prices by the PRC as part of the exigent surcharge removal).
The filing does not include any price change for Postcards, for letters being mailed to international destinations or for additional ounces for letters.
The First-Class Mail prices for these products are:
• Letters (1 oz.) : Current: 47 cents; New: 49 cents [up 2 cents]
• Letters additional ounces: Current: 21 cents; New: 21 cents [unchanged]
• Letters to all international destinations: Current: $1.15; New: $1.15 [unchanged]
• Postcards: Current: 34 cents; New: 34 cents [unchanged]
USPS said that the RC will review the prices before they are scheduled to become effective on 22 January 2017.
