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If you thought it was premature for stores to put out their Halloween commodity in August, just wait until you hear what the American postal service (USPS) is up to it. From early October, the USPS is temporarily Increase mail prices For the holidays "to help cover additional handling costs to ensure a high successful season". In front, find out how much you will have to pay and for how long.

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The USPS published its vacation price increases in 2025.

According to a press release , temporary changes in mail prices for the holiday season for 2025 will come into force at midnight on October 5 and will remain in place until Midnight Central on January 18, 2026, pending approval of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).

The changes will apply to the following retail and commercial tariffs: priority mail, Priority Express mail, USPS floor advantage and parcel selection. Depending on the distance shipped (also called "zones") and the weight of the packaging, the price increases will be as follows:

Retail

• Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage Zone 1-4: $ 0.40 to $ 3.00
• Priority mail area 5-9: $ 0.90 to $ 7.00
• Flat rate per priority mail: $ 0.90 to $ 1.45
• USPS Ground Advantage Zone 5-9: $ 0.50 to $ 5.75
• Priority Mail Express: $ 1.10 at $ 16.00
• Priority Mail Express Flat Flat rate: $ 2.00

Commercial

• Priority Mail and USPS Ground Advantage Zone 1-4 and Package Select: $ 0.30 to $ 2.25
• Priority mail area 5-9: $ 0.70 at $ 6.50
• Flat rate per priority mail: $ 0.70 to $ 1.25
• USPS Ground Advantage Zone 5-9: $ 0.35 at $ 5.50
• Priority Mail Express: $ 1.00 at $ 13.00
• Priority Mail Express Flat Flat rate: $ 1.75

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The USPS also opens 11 new sorting and delivery centers before the holidays.

Another way in which the USPS is preparing for the holiday rush is to open 11 new sorting and delivery centers in September and October.

These new locations are part of the 10 years Deliver for America Plan which was initiated by the former post office Louis Dejoy in 2021. Other changes , the plan includes higher post prices to compensate for the lack of tax financing of the USPS, the new electrical delivery vehicles and the sorting machines for updated packages.

It also includes an investment of $ 40 billion in the new sorting and delivery centers (S & DC), which will finally replace the "network of nearly 19,000 USPS delivery units where mail and packages are recovered by operators to be delivered", " Best life explained previously.

According to a recent USPS , "The postal service has targeted the key markets where it is beneficial to aggregate the delivery units in less important, larger and centralized S & DCs - by taking advantage of reused and new installations - to simplify the entire network and create a more reliable and more efficient postal service."

The new centers open the following dates:

September 6

• Bloomington, Indiana: 4738 W Vernal Pike
• Baltimore, Maryland: 1000 e Lexington Street
• Rochester, Minnesota: 1445 Valleyhigh Drive NW
• Springfield, Missouri: 3591 S Campbell avenue
• Edison, New Jersey: 21 kilmer road
• Watertown, New York: 232 Trade Park Drive
• Sioux Falls, southern dakota: 320 s 2nd avenue
• Johnson City, Tennessee: 126 Roweland Drive
• Texarkana, Texas: 2211 n Robinson Road
• Woodbridge, Virginie: 3360 Post Office Road
• Martinsburg, Virginie-Western: 1355 Old Courthouse Square

October 18

• Charlotte, North Carolina: 2901 Scott Futrell Drive