The U.S. Postal Service will leave 50-cent forever stamps behind Jan. 27, increasing their price by 5 cents. Though 2019 post office price changes vary by mailing service, the fees rolling out the last Sunday of the month will increase by 2.5 percent. Read the full article here....
In the new year, the United States Postal Service will be raising mailing product prices, effective January 27, 2019. The Postal Regulatory Commission approved an increase of 3.9 percent for priority express mail and 5.9 percent for priority mail. This also includes a five cent increase for the forever stamp. The governors of the postal service...
The United States Postal Service faces a major policy shakeup at a time when package delivery has become more central to Americans’ lives than ever. A growing reliance on e-commerce has driven demand for direct-to-door shipping for everything from textbooks to toothbrushes. And to the casual observer, USPS is playing what...
Many consumers are in a sprint to the finish in terms of getting their holiday gifts and greetings in the mail. This week is expected to be the busiest week of the holiday mailing and shipping season for the postal service. The agency expects to process and deliver nearly 3 billion...
Looking for ways to raise Postal Service revenue, the Trump administration has proposed a fundamental change to your mailbox: selling access to it to private companies. The Postal Service could capitalize on a “highly valuable” asset by selling mailbox access to companies such as FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc.,...