Postal Service Launches Competitive Expedited Mail Prices

Express Mail Is the Best Overnight Deal in the Country for Most Shippers

CHICAGO, IL — Customers can now take advantage of some of the best bargains in the shipping market as the U.S. Postal Service has launched new prices for its expedited mail products:  Express Mail and Priority Mail.

Effective May 12, prices for Express Mail, the Postal Service’s premier overnight service, are lower at the weights and in the delivery zones used by most customers. Also, the Postal Service now offers price incentives for both Express Mail and Priority Mail, its two- to three-day shipping service.

Also, commercial Priority Mail customers will see lower prices and high-volume Express Mail shippers will get quarterly rebates and price reductions.

All Express Mail and Priority Mail customers can save money simply by going online to purchase postage, including customers using Click-N-Ship at www.usps.com. Express Mail customers will receive three percent off the published retail prices and Priority Mail customers will save an average 3.5 percent. Customized contract pricing will also soon be available for large commercial customers.

Guaranteed overnight delivery through Express Mail is also available to thousands of additional locations.

As always, the Postal Service does not impose fuel surcharges, hidden surcharges or surcharges for residential delivery, Saturday delivery or address correction.

New pricing highlights:

Express Mail

• Retail prices start at $12.60 for a half-pound package.
• The retail price for an Express Mail Flat-Rate Envelope is $16.50 regardless of weight or destination.
• Online purchasers and those that have an Express Mail Corporate Account save 3 percent.
• Quarterly volume rebates are available for users averaging just two packages a day.
• Contract pricing will be available for large customers.

Priority Mail

• Retail prices start at $4.80 for a one-pound package.
• Online purchasers save from 1 to 11 percent.
• The retail price for a Priority Mail Flat-Rate Envelope is also just $4.80 regardless of weight or destination.
• The retail price for a Priority Mail Flat-Rate Box is $9.80, and a Large Flat-Rate Box is $12.95 regardless of weight or destination.
• The retail price for a Priority Mail Large Flat-Rate Box sent to an APO/FPO destination is $10.95, a $2.00 savings.
• Users of Click-N-Ship and PC Postage and customers using permit imprint with electronic confirmation services save an average 3.5 percent.
• Contract pricing will be available for large customers.

More information, including full price and fee information, is available at www.usps.com/express, www.usps.com/priority and www.usps.com/pricing.