Selected first-class rates could rise in January 2020 – Linn’s Stamp News

Selected first-class rates could rise in January 2020

Aug 15, 2019, 4 PM

Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister

A major mail industry group is predicting that the United States Postal Service will soon propose increases of “a little over 2 percent” for some first-class mail, market mail and periodicals.

The price for a single first-class letter, however, is likely to remain at 55¢, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers said in its July 30 newsletter, Alliance Report. Since this rate jumped 10 percent last year, from 50¢ to 55¢, some other first-class mail rates are likely to see higher prices next year, the association said.

The alliance said it expects the increases to be effective Jan. 26, 2020, as part of the annual rate adjustments the Postal Service is allowed to make.