The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of price changes to take effect January 21, 2018. The new prices include a one cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 49 cents to 50 cents.
Postcard stamps and metered letters would also have a one cent increase. The new pricing does not include any price change for single-piece letters being mailed to international destinations or for additional ounces for letters.
The new prices will raise Mailing Services product prices approximately 1.9 percent, and most Shipping Services products an average of 3.9 percent.
New pricing is: Letters (one ounce) 50 cents; additional ounce 21 cents; metered first class is 47 cents; postcards 35 cents.
The new Shipping Services product prices will increase Priority Mail 3.9 percent and Priority Mail Retail an average of 0.8 percent. As in the past, the Postal Service will not include any surcharges for fuel, residential delivery, or regular Saturday delivery.
