P.S - my mail will not be heavy, there is just a letter and another envelope inside (SASE) and I don't see how it can be this expensive to mail a letter.
Help would be much appreciated, thanks.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will deliver a stamped, addressed, first class letter weighing one ounce or less and sent from a location in the United States to another location in the United States for the current Forever stamp price of 49 cents.
On each of the SASE envelopes you are sending, you will need to place one of the USPS Forever stamps in the upper right corner. Your name and your return address go in the upper left corner of the SAFE envelope and also centered in the lower half of the SASE envelope.
For each of the mailing envelopes you will be sending which contains an SASE envelope, you will need to place one of the USPS Forever stamps in the upper right corner. Your name and your return address go in the upper left corner of the mailing envelope. The name and destination address of the recipient goes centered in the lower half of the mailing envelope.
For the Return Address...
Your Name
Your Street Address
Your Apartment Number (if one is part of the address)
Your City, State, ZIP Code
For the To (Destination) Address...
Name
Street Address
Apartment Number (if one is part of the address)
City, State, ZIP Code
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https://www.usps.com/send/addressing-tip...
ADD'L...
The selected envelope should not exceed a maximum length of 11-1/2 inches, maximum height of 6-1/8 inches, or maximum thickness of 1/4 inches. The following are some real postage prices for First Class Mail letter rates based on envelope weight.
one ounce = $.49
two ounces = $.70
three ounces = $.91
four ounces - $1.61
five ounces - $1.82
six ounces - $2.03
seven ounces - $2.24
eight ounces - $2.45
nine ounces - $2.66
ten ounces - $2.87
Also, if you buy a book of USPS Forever stamps this year, paying the current price of 49 cents per stamp, then when there is a USPS postage price increase, you can still use the Forever stamps you still have. No matter which year you bought them, the USPS Forever stamps will always be worth the current valuation price.
You will have to have 49 cents worth of postage on the envelope. Some letters are heavier (it doesn't sound like your is) so you would need more than 49 cents. Also if you haven't used up the stamps from before the price hike you can still use them. Say I have a 47 cent stamp, I still need to add another 2 cent stamp to make it come up to 49 cents. If you are mailing from home, be sure to put up the red flag or clip the letter to the outside of your mailbox or the mail person won't take it.
1 and 2 cent stamps are for adding onto any fixed cost stamp, like the 17cents to equal 19cents [i think >] for the second oz of postage (as opposed to the "forever" stamps.)
Technically, you could use 25 2 cent stamps per letter, but the post office would hate you.
P S Can YOU fly across the country, and then be delivered to your exact destination, for only 49 cents?
>> e-mail is not free if you figure in the monthly cost of your internet service.
If you wanted to mail a letter using a stamp when the rate was lower.
just go buy a book of stamps at a grocery store or post office and put one stamp on each letter
yes, you can use the 2cent stamps if you have enough space on your envelope to accomodate them
