Postage going up for U.S. and Canada….

The U.S. Postal Service announced new prices for 2019 and they come into effect Jan. 27, 2019.

The proposed Mailing Services price changes include:
Product   Current   Proposed
——–    ——–    ———-
Letters (1 oz.) 50 cents 55 cents
Letters additional ounces 21 cents 15 cents
Letters (metered 1 oz.) 47 cents 50 cents
Outbound International Letters (1 oz.) $1.15 $1.15
Domestic Postcards 35 cents 35 cents
For more info, see:
https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2018/pr18_086.htm

The Canadian Postal will also go up on January 14th. The postage rate for domestic Lettermail items weighing 30 grams or less when purchased in a booklet, coil or pane would increase to $0.90 from the current rate of $0.85.
The price of a single domestic stamp would increase to $1.05 (Canadian) from the current rate of $1.00.
Letters to the U.S. will go up $0.07 or more and to other countries $0.15 or
more.

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