June 6, 2022
The United States Postal Regulatory Commission on May 27
approved an April 6 U.S. Postal Service rate hike request, and
the cost of mailing a one ounce domestic first class letter
will increase by two cents July 10, going from .58- to
.60-cents, a 6.5-percent hike. Metered one ounce letters will
jump from .53-cents to .57, and the cost of each additional
ounce from .20- to .24-cents.
The rate to mail a
domestic postcard will go from .40- to .44-cents and postage
for an international one-ounce letter from $1.30 to $1.40.
USPS marketing mail costs will also increase by 6.5-percent
and the cost of mailing periodicals and packages will rise by
8.5-percent.
