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On September 25, 2013, the USPS announced a 3-cent increase in the First Class postal rate, effective January 26, 2014, increasing the price of a stamp to 49 cents. Bulk mail, periodicals, and package service rates were also increased by 6 percent. A loss of US$5 billion during the 2013 fiscal year was the reason given for the increase. [30]
According to its website, USPS suggests the following deadlines for contiguous U.S. shipping: USPS Ground Advantage service: Dec. 18 First-Class Mail service: Dec. 18
First-class mail volume peaked in 2001 to 103.65 billion declining to 52.62 billion by 2020 [53] due to the increasing use of email and the World Wide Web for correspondence and business transactions. [54] Private courier services, such as FedEx and United Parcel Service (UPS), directly compete with USPS for the delivery of packages.
Furthermore, the item must be somewhat bendable: see the USPS Domestic Mail Manual for exact details. This general rule does not apply to: Automation rate flats and Standard Mail Enhanced Carrier Route flats .
USPS Ground Advantage service (2-5 business days): Dec. 18 First-Class Mail service (1–5 business days): Dec. 18 Priority Mail service (1-3 business days): Dec. 19
While the stamps were withdrawn in 1959, today (2015) the USPS provides this expedited delivery of packages by other means: through first class parcel service and priority mail. Special handling still exists, but is now more restrictively defined: it "provides preferential handling, but not preferential delivery, to the extent practicable in ...
The move — effective May 1 — is part of USPS’s 10-year plan to reduce more than $100 billion in projected losses. The slower… USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs
In 2007, the USPS introduced shape-based pricing which offered more significant postal discounts for mailers who sorted flat-sized mailpieces. In response to this postal change, the market responded with new low-cost systems designed specifically to support flat mail sorting for mailers who process between 500 and 10,000 first class flats per day.