The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) rate hike of First-Class Mail Forever stamps from 78 to 82 cents is set to come into effect on July 12.
In April, USPS proposed the rate hike to the Postal Regulatory Commission, according to an April 9 agency statement. The hike was eventually approved. The new rate applies to letters weighing less than one ounce, according to the agency’s price list.
For metered letters less than an ounce, the price has been raised from 74 to 78 cents. The price of domestic postcards will be 65 cents, up by four cents.
The agency’s April proposal had kept the price of an additional ounce for single-piece letters unchanged at 29 cents. At the time, USPS said it was also seeking price adjustments for other First Class Mail products, USPS Marketing Mail, Periodicals, Packaging Services, and select Special Services products….