Postage Rate Increase is today’s Tuesday blog post topic at AnchoredScraps.com.

There are new postage rates being implemented for several mail classes and special services; however, First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will not increase.  The reason the rates started on Sunday, January 17th, instead of today when the Post Offices reopened is because there are some locations open on Sunday i.e. the USPS Stamp Store located inside the National Postal Museum is open 7 days a week, except Postal holidays.

When I was using my stamps.com account on Sunday it downloaded the new rates and it was very smooth.

Postage Rate Increase 

“Info on the 2016 USPS Postage Rate Increase

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement new postage rates on Sunday, January 17, 2016 for several mail classes and special services.

Summary of the 2016 Postage Rate Increase: 

Domestic Mailing:
First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will not increase and will remain $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (same as 2015).
The discounted “Metered Mail” category for First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.), which includes online postage providers and postage meters, will not increase and will remain $0.485 in 2016. Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (same as 2015).
First Class Mail Flats (1 oz.) will not increase and will remain at $0.98 in 2016. Each additional ounce will cost $0.22 (same as 2015).
Postcard rates will not increase and will remain at $0.35 (same as 2015).”

Click here for details on Domestic Shipping, International Shipping, and Other USPS News.

Back to my wonderful user experience on Sunday with Stamps.com – it was so nice to be able to print off all of the shipping labels with the new rates downloaded automatically so all the calculations were already done, it was as if the Easy Button at Staples was already included with the digital scale and software with Stamps.com!

Anchors Aweigh,  

Helen

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Excerpts from Stamps.com web site Postage Rate Increase @StampsCom