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First-Class Mail Prices
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Quick, affordable service for your basic mailing needs.
- The least expensive, most immediate option for mailing postcards, letters, and large envelopes 13 ounces or less
- Prices based on shape and weight
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Postcards - $0.27
Size limits:
- Minimum: 3-1/2 inches high by 5 inches long by 0.007 inch thick
- Maximum: 6 inches long by 4-1/4 inches high
- Additional postage required for larger postcards
Letters
Weight Not Over | Price |
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1 ounce | $0.42 |
2 ounces | $0.59 |
3 ounces | $0.76 |
3.5 ounces | $0.93 |
Size limits:
- Rectangular; length is the dimension parallel to the address.
- At least 3-1/2 inches high by 5 inches long by 0.007 inch thick
- No more than 6-1/8 inches high by 11-1/2 inches long by 1/4 inch thick
- Up to 3.5 ounces
- Surcharge will apply for nonmachinable letter
Large Envelopes
Weight Not Over | Price |
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1 ounce | $0.83 |
2 ounces | $1.00 |
3 ounces | $1.17 |
4 ounces | $1.34 |
5 ounces | $1.51 |
6 ounces | $1.68 |
7 ounces | $1.85 |
8 ounces | $2.02 |
9 ounces | $2.19 |
10 ounces | $2.36 |
11 ounces | $2.53 |
12 ounces | $2.70 |
13 ounces | $2.87 |
Size limits:
- Rectangular
- No more than 12 inches high by 15 inches long by 3/4 inches thick
- Must not be rigid and must be uniformly thick (see package prices)
Packages
Weight Not Over | Price |
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1 ounce | $1.17 |
2 ounces | $1.34 |
3 ounces | $1.51 |
4 ounces | $1.68 |
5 ounces | $1.85 |
6 ounces | $2.02 |
7 ounces | $2.19 |
8 ounces | $2.36 |
9 ounces | $2.53 |
10 ounces | $2.70 |
11 ounces | $2.87 |
12 ounces | $3.04 |
13 ounces | $3.21 |
Size limits:
- No more than 108 inches in combined length and girth.
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