While the charge for the first ounce of a first-class letter rises to 42 cents, the price of each added ounce will remain 17 cents, so a two-ounce letter will go up a penny to 59 cents.
The cost to mail a post card will also go up a penny, to 27 cents.
Other rates set for Monday:
- Large envelope, 2 ounces, $1, up 3 cents.
- Money Orders up to $500, $1.05, unchanged.
- Certified mail, $2.70, up 5 cents.
- First-class international letter to Canada or Mexico, 72 cents, up 3 cents.
- First-class international letter to other countries, 94 cents, up 4 cents.
- Priority mail flat-rate envelope, $4.75, up 25 cents.
- Express mail flat-rate envelope, $16.50, up 25 cents.
But, the Postal Service said that overall prices for Express Mail, its overnight service, will be lower at the weights and in the delivery zones used by most customers.
And Express mail and Priority mail customers can save money simply buying postage online, the agency said. Express mail customers will receive 3 percent off the published retail prices and Priority mail customers will save an average 3.5 percent.
