December 2, 2011
January 2012 Postage Increase
In our blog of October 26, 2011, we announced that the U.S. Postal Service had filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission for a proposed postage rate increase for January 2012. This increase was approved by the PRC on Tuesday, November 22nd and will go into effect on January 22, 2012. For your convenience, we’ve prepared an updated Postage Rate Chart for 2012.
Briefly, you will find that the overall rate increase for First-Class Mail will be 2.133%. First-Class (first ounce) stamps will go up to 45 cents, but the Forever stamps will remain at 44 cents. The first-ounce price increase for Commercial First-Class mail will range from $0.006 (1.6%) to $0.014 (3.6%), depending on the presort level.
The overall increase for Standard Mail will be 2.124%. However, the commercial rate price for a two-ounce piece will be the same as for a one-ounce piece – thus allowing the mailer to mail that second ounce for “free.” But remember that beyond this, the three-ounce piece will be charged the first-ounce rate plus the rate for two additional ounces.
Nonprofit letter size mail will receive an across-the-board $0.002 per piece reduction in postage, while Carrier Route rates for all processing categories will go up 2.425%. Other presorted prices will go up an average of 1.867% for letters and 2.209% for flats.
Be sure to download EU Services’ free Postage Rate Chart for 2012 today! If you have any questions after reviewing the rate changes, just contact Dave Loudon, VP of Mail Processing, at marketing@euservices.com.
If you are looking at getting a postal rate quote for a specific package you can access the USPS postal rate calculator here and get an immediate answer.
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Dec 02, 2011 @ 16:43:41
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Jan 23, 2012 @ 10:03:06
I only need a simple rate chart. How do I find it?
Jan 27, 2012 @ 08:45:24
Kathy,
Have you downloaded our chart? If our chart is not simple enough you can always access rates directly from the USPS website for your specific requirements at the USPS postal calculator
Feb 10, 2012 @ 10:28:15
I down loaded your chart. There is no media mail prices listed.
What does Enhanced CR Saturation mean?
What does CR High Den. mean?
What does Enhanced CR Basic mean?
What does Auto 5-D mean?
…The chart is so complicated that it is useless.
Feb 21, 2012 @ 09:59:32
Pat sorry you are having problems with some of the charts terminology. We will do a post in the future to cover some of these questions in more detail.
CR is an abbreviation for Carrier Route. A carrier route is the group of addresses to which the USPS assigns the same code to help in mail delivery. It refers to an individual postman’s actual route that delivers the mail.
If you think about how the post office provides discounts they all relate to how much work you do for them. The less sorting they have to do – the better the discount they will provide you. All of the terms you are asking about refer to levels of presorting the mail.
As always for rates on a specific piece of mail I recommend you look at the USPS postal calculator.
Good luck and happy mailing!