Price of stamps to increase on Jan. 27
First-class letter will cost $ .46 cents
October 14, 2012
The price of stamps is set to increase on January 27, 2013. A first-class stamp will increase by one cent to 46 cents. Postcard postage will rise one cent to 33 cents.
Letters to international destinations will rise in cost to $1.10, up from the old prices of 85 cents to Canada and Mexico and $1.05 to other destinations. Overall, prices for mailing and shipping services will increase by 4% on average, with priority mail prices rising 6.3%.
The last price increase for a first-class stamp occurred on January 22, 2012, when the cost jumped a penny to the current 45 cents.
The price increases have been requested because the U.S. Postal Service is losing money with their current operations.
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