Postage Stamp Prices are Going Up… And Delivery Times May Be Slowing Down
There’s no denying that everything’s getting pricier, and stamps are no exception.
If you’re a fan of sending mail the old-fashioned way, we have some bad news: the price of an individual stamp is increasing from $0.55 per stamp to $0.58, so a book of stamps will cost an extra $0.60.
The price change will beonlinee official on August 29th, so if you plan on sending out a lot of holiday cards, you may want to quickly stock up on stamps. That $0.60 per pack adds up, after all!
And it looks like that’s not the only increase. The postal service website reports some other changes as well, including:
- First-Class Mail Metered Letters: $0.51 to $0.53 (a $0.02 increase)
- First-Class Mail Domestic Postcards: $0.36 to $0.40 (a $0.04 increase)
- First-Class Mail Single-Piece Flats: $1.00 to $1.16 (a $0.16 increase)
- Outbound International Letters: $1.20 to $1.30 (a $0.10 increase)
This postage increase is part of a plan to help mitigate losses for the United States Postal Service. That plan also includes a possible slow-down of delivery from 3 days to 5 days.
Unlike the stamp prices–whose official increase takes place on August 29th–we’re not sure when we can expect to see these possible delivery slow-downs to start affecting our postage times. But it may be a good idea to send mail out a little earlier just in case!
It might also be a good time to swing by your local post office and grab a few books of Forever stamps which will retain their value past the postage increases!
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