USPS prices are increasing considerably on Sunday - here is how much you will pay
The price increase is one of the most important in the history of the USPS.
No entity is immune to inflation, including post -off . In 2019, you can enter the post office and buy a first class stamp for only 50 cents. Now it will cost you about a quarter more. Over the past five years, individual stamps have increased by almost 8%. In 2022, the cost of a stamp forever reached 60 cents And has since undergone three additional price increases in the American postal service (USPS). The adjustment of the most recent prices in January 2024 brought the Cost of a single stamp at 68 cents , and in two days, he will cross the threshold of 70 cents.
In relation: The USPS is in the "spiral of death" unless these changes occur, says the general postmaster . AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Earlier this year, the USPS implemented an increase of two hundred on first -class stamps forever. These types of stamps can be purchased individually or in the form of leaves or booklets and are used for envelopes of an ounce. Depending on the inventory of your local post office, you can also buy thematic stamps related to certain holidays.
Customers are still in shock from the price increase in January. And now, six months later, the USPS has once again unveiled a new price table For distribution services. This time, a stamp forever will cost you 73 cents, a spectacular increase of five hundred compared to the increase in previous prices and an annual increase of seven hundred.
But that's not all: the USPS increases its prices at all levels. According to the press release, measured letters from suceau will drop from 64 cents to 69 cents. National postcards will drop from 53 cents to 56 cents, while international postcards will increase by 10 cents to $ 1.65 per article.
Part of this price overvoltage will also include increases on special service products such as certified mail and mandate costs, the agency noted. However, P.O. Box rental costs are not allocated. The new prices will come into force on Sunday July 14.
In relation: The post owner, Louis Dejoy, admits the major errors of the USPS: "We haunt him."
"As changes to the distribution and shipping market continue, these price adjustments are necessary to reach the financial stability requested by the Plan for the delivery of America at 10 years. The prices of the 'USPS are among the most affordable in the world, "said the press release.
This marks not only the highest increase under the general postmaster Louis Dejoy's Reign but also one of the largest price increases in USPS history. Until now, the prices of the buffers have only increased by two to three hundred to each adjustment, but the markup of five hundred is the first of its kind in five years.
As with all recent - and sometimes controversial changes -, the new price is only another ticket on dejoy Deliver for America Plan in which it plans to rebuild USP from a "organization in financial and operational crisis to a crisis which is independent and very efficient".
