USPS Rate Changes

USPS Rate Change 2011

CHANGE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2nd, 2011

Prices will not be increasing for First Class mail this January, so you can expect them to increase again May 2011. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act states that the Post Office may increase their rates several times a year, in accordance with the CPI, and they are only required to give a 90 day advance notice. (We summarized this Act on the 2008 Rate Change page or you can click on the Act to read it in its original context.)

What are the changes? On January 3rd, 2011, prices for mailing services other than First Class mail — Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services (including Parcel Post), and Extra Services — will be changing. Click here for a full list, from the USPS, on their upcoming increases, or you can go to their website at http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm.

Customers can use their Forever Stamps — regardless of when purchased — to mail 1-ounce letters after the price change, without the need for additional postage. Forever Stamps are widely available through Post Offices, commercial retail outlets such as grocery stores, and online.

Prices for mailing services will continue to adjust each January and/or May. Prices for most shipping services, including Express Mail and Priority Mail, were last adjusted January 2010, and the first class postage was last adjusted in May 2009.

CLICK HERE FOR THE JAN 2011 PRICE LIST
(UPDATED DECEMBER 23RD, 2010)

United States Postal Service's website
A wealth of information from the source themselves.

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If you have any rate change questions, please call us at 541-726-6800 and ask for Emily. Or you can e-mail her at Emily@BullfrogEnterprises.com.

Page last updated December 23rd, 2010.