![]() ![]() The Flat Rate shipping that is offered by the United States Postal Service is a service assigns a shipping price based on the box that used no matter what the weight of the item is (if it is under 70 pounds). And the priority mail medium flat rate box will cost $12.85 in 2018 compared to $12.40 in 2017.Flat rate shipping is convenient, but may not always be the best deal. The popular priority mail flat rate padded envelope will cost $7.10 in 2018 compared to $6.50 in 2017, a $0.60 increase. Postage rates for priority mail flat rate boxes as well as flat rate envelopes will increase in 2018. Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes & Envelopes (Commercial Base Pricing) package going to zone 8 using priority mail will cost $7.76 in 2018 compared to $7.25 in 2017. Priority Mail will see an average increase of 6.2%. The increases vary depending on the type of envelope, ranging from $0.80 to $0.82 per envelope. Priority mail express flat rate envelopes will also see a rate increase in 2018. Priority Mail Express Flat Rate (Commercial Base Pricing) ![]() package going to zone 8 (for example) using priority mail express will cost $35.04 in 2018 compared to $33.76 in 2017. Overall, prices for priority mail express will increase by 3.9%. ![]() Priority Mail Express (Commercial Base Pricing) The rate for a first class mail flat/large envelope is increasing by two cents to $1.00 (1 oz.) and postcards are increasing by one cent to $0.35 in 2018. ![]() Each additional ounce will cost an extra $0.21 (no change from 2017). If you print postage online, the metered mail rate will continue to receive a three cent discount off the post office price, with rates increasing to $0.47 in 2018 from $0.46 in 2017. The rate for a first class mail letter (1 oz.) for postage purchased at the post office is increasing by one cent to $0.50 from $0.49. Listed below are the highlights of the 2018 USPS rate increase for customers buying postage: Postal Service implemented new postage rates on January 21. Information provided by the USPS photo courtesy of Terri Wiebold ![]()
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