Postal Rates Increased on July 13

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service implemented mailing services price changes on July 13. The new rates include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.

The adjustments, approved by the governors of the Postal Service, increase mailing services product prices by approximately 7.4 percent. The price changes include:

Letters (1 ounce) - 73 cents to 78 cents

Letters (metered 1 ounce) - 69 cents to 74 cents

Domestic postcards - 56 cents to 62 cents

International postcards - $1.65 to $1.70

International letter (1 ounce) - $1.65 to $1.70

The additional-ounce price for single-piece letters increased from 28 cents to 29 cents. The Postal Service also implemented price adjustments for the Special Services products. Notably, the Postal Service will apply a 12 percent price reduction to postal insurance when mailing an item.

As changes in the mailing and shipping marketplace continue, these price adjustments are needed to achieve the financial stability sought by the organization’s Delivering for America 10-year plan. USPS prices remain among the most affordable in the world.

Following a directive from the PRC, the Postal Service is filing two sets of prices for Marketing Mail and Package Services products.

The complete Postal Service price filing, with prices for all products, can be found on the commission’s website under the Daily Listings section. The Mailing Services filing is Docket No. R2025-1. The price tables are also available on the Postal Service’s Postal Explorer website at pe.usps.com/PriceChange/Index.

Postal Products

Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon.