“Metered Mail” rates for First Class Mail letters (1 oz.), which includes online postage and postage meters, will increase one cent to $0.51.Each additional ounce for a First-Class Mail letter will cost $0.20, a five-cent increase from 2020.The First-Class Mail letter (1 oz.) rate for postage purchased at the Post Office will remain at $0.55 (no change from 2020).The Postal Service also stated it still has some of the lowest letter-mail postage rates in the industrialized world, and unlike some other shippers, the USPS does not add surcharges for fuel, residential delivery, or regular Saturday delivery. In a statement announcing the price changes, the USPS noted that it receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations. Domestic postcards will cost a penny more, from the current 35 cents to 36 cents. Each additional ounce of a single-piece letter will increase in cost from 15 cents to 20 cents, while the current prepaid, “metered mail” 1-ounce price will go up from 50 cents to 51 cents. ![]() Other services will see a modest increase. The good news is that the cost of a First-Class Forever Stamp for a letter of 1-ounce or less will stay at 55 cents and the 1-ounce flat rate will also stay at its current price of $1. The United States Postal Service has announced that postage and shipping increases will take effect on January 24, 2021.
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