First-Class Mail Prices
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Quick, affordable service for your basic mailing needs.

  • The least expensive, most immediate option for mailing postcards, letters, and large envelopes 13 ounces or less
  • Prices based on shape and weight

Postcards - $0.28
Size limits:

  • Minimum: 3-1/2 inches high by 5 inches long by 0.007 inch thick
  • Maximum: 6 inches long by 4-1/4 inches high
  • Additional postage required for larger postcardsLearn about Large Postcard Prices in a new window
Letters
Weight Not Over Price
1 ounce $0.44
2 ounces $0.61
3 ounces $0.78
3.5 ounces $0.95

Size limits:
- Rectangular; length is the dimension parallel to the address.Learn about letter addressing in a new window
- At least 3-1/2 inches high by 5 inches long by 0.007 inch thick
- No more than 6-1/8 inches high by 11-1/2 inches long by 1/4 inch thick
- Up to 3.5 ounces
- Surcharge will apply for nonmachinable letterLearn about nonmachinable letters in a new window

Large Envelopes
Weight Not Over Price
1 ounce $0.88
2 ounces $1.05
3 ounces $1.22
4 ounces $1.39
5 ounces $1.56
6 ounces $1.73
7 ounces $1.90
8 ounces $2.07
9 ounces $2.24
10 ounces $2.41
11 ounces $2.58
12 ounces $2.75
13 ounces $2.92

Size limits:
- Rectangular
- No more than 12 inches high by 15 inches long by 3/4 inches thick
- Must not be rigid and must be uniformly thick (see package prices)Learn about non ridgid and uniformally thick envelopes in a new window

Packages
Weight Not Over Price
1 ounce $1.22
2 ounces $1.39
3 ounces $1.56
4 ounces $1.73
5 ounces $1.90
6 ounces $2.07
7 ounces $2.24
8 ounces $2.41
9 ounces $2.58
10 ounces $2.75
11 ounces $2.92
12 ounces $3.09
13 ounces $3.26

Size limits:
- No more than 108 inches in combined length and girth.Learn about combined length and girth in a new window


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