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ADVANTAGES

SPEED -- even if you think postal mail is slow, First-Class postal mail is faster than "bulk" mail. Use when delivery within a few days is important and acceptable.

SIZE LIMITS

Maximum size of a letter - 6 1/8" high (vertical) x 11.5 inches" long

Don't turn the piece 90 degrees or the rate goes up. Measure it as if you were reading the address; that dimension is the horizontal.

Anything larger (such as a 9 x 12" envelope) is a flat and costs more.

Minimum size of a mailpiece is 3.5" high x 5" long. Anything smaller cannot be mailed or will be subject to a non-standard surcharge. It'll cost you more!

WEIGHT LIMITS FOR FIRST-CLASS MAIL

Rates go up for each additional ounce up to 13 ounces. Above 13 ounces, use Priority Mail weight/rate charts.

RATES

Letter
37 cents for the first ounce
23 cents for each additional ounce up to 13 ounces total

Flat
If larger than 6 1/8 x 11 1/2 but not more than an ounce,
you pay non-standard surcharge of 12 cents plus 37 = 49 cents

FIRST-CLASS MAIL

FIRST-CLASS LETTERS                 1 oz         each additional ounce
                                                 up to 13 oz. total


Maximum: No bigger than             37 cents     +23 cents
6 1/8" high (vertical)
x 11.5" long (horizontal)


If larger than above                37 cents + 12 cents = 49 cents
but not heavier than an ounce,
non-standard surcharge applies


If heavier than 13 ounces, obtain Priority Mail weight/rate charts.


Minimum: Mail smaller than 3.5"x 5" is technically prohibited 
from the mails.


Vertical/horizontal directions are determined by the orientation 
of the address. When reading the address, that dimension becomes 
the horizontal.  Do not turn the mailpiece 90 degrees so that it is 
much taller than it is wide.  If you do this, you will have to pay 
postage surcharges.



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