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Updated USPS Postage Rate Change for Automated Mail

Please be advised that the new United States Postal Service (USPS) postage rates will be effective as of January 22, 2023. According to the new USPS rates, the first-Class metered automation, and metered post card rates will be changed as follows:

Product   Previous Price   New Price
  Letters (Presort, Metered 1 to 3.5 oz)*    49.4 ¢  55 ¢
  Postcards (Presort, Metered, Machinable)*    33.5 ¢  39 ¢

*Presorted rate: Used for most outbound campus mailings.

If you have any questions, please contact joel.crowley@sjsu.edu  in the Distribution and Asset Services mail room or call 408-924-1599.

Planned USPS Postal Rate Change

Please be advised that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of price changes to take effect July 10, 2022.  The new prices, if favorably reviewed and approved by the Governors of the U.S Postal Service are shown below.

Product

Previous Price

New Price

DOMESTIC
  Letters (First-Class, stamped, up to 1 oz.)+

58 ¢

60 ¢
  Letters (First-Class, metered, up to 1 oz.)

53 ¢

57 ¢
  Letters (each additional oz., up to 3.5 oz.)

20 ¢

24 ¢
  Postcards (First-Class, stamped)+

40 ¢

44 ¢

INTERNATIONAL
  Letters & Postcards (up to 1 oz.)

$1.30

$1.40
  Cost for additional weight varies per destination

Varies

Varies

+ Provided as general information; Distribution Services does not use stamps

For your reference:

USPS Price List – Notice 123

If you have any questions, please contact the Distribution Services Interim Manager, Phil Perez, at (408) 924-1594.

USPS Postal Rate Change

We announced in our blog last June of a proposed United States Postal Service (USPS) rate increase. On August 29, 2021, the USPS implemented the following rate adjustments in accordance with the Postal Regulatory Commission. Shown below are some of the most common USPS products used for SJSU mail. Please refer to the USPS Price List for more information and other USPS products.

If you have any questions, please contact the Distribution and Asset Services Manager, Sonja Bowsky, at (408) 924-1592 or Workflow Coordinator, Phil Perez, at (408) 924-1594.

Domestic

Product Previous Price New Price
Letters (First-Class, stamped, up to 1 oz.)* 55¢ 58¢
Letters (First-Class, metered, up to 1 oz.) 51¢ 53¢
Letters (each additional oz., up to 3.5 oz.) 20¢ 20¢
Letters (Presort, metered, up to 3.5 oz) ** 46¢ 49.4¢
Postcards (First-Class, stamped)* 36¢ 40¢
Postcards (Presort, metered, machinable)** 29.3¢ 33.5¢
Flats (First-Class, large envelopes, up to 1 oz.) $1.00 $1.16
Flats (each additional oz.) 20¢ 20¢

International

Product Previous Price New Price
Letters and Postcards (up to 1 oz.) $1.20 $1.30
Cost for additional weight varies per destination.
See USPS Price List.		 Varies Varies
* Provided as general information. Distribution Services does not use stamps.
** Presorted rate: Used for most outbound campus mailings.