Reasons Behind the Price Hikes The USPS has been in a financial bind for over a decade, with losses amounting to $9.5 billion in 2024 and $6.5 billion in 2023. The decline in First-Class mail ...

Getty According to USPS, “First-Class Mail Forever stamps cost $0.68 (the current 1 oz price) and will never expire, even if the First-Class postage rate goes up.” ...

Starting April 1, USPS will deliver 75% of first-class mail at the same rate, 14% at a faster standard and 11% at a slower rate, Newsweek reported. All mail will stay within the delivery standard ...

From Sunday, a first-class mail Forever Stamp will cost 73 cents each — a 5 cent, or 7%, rise from its current price of 68 cents. The only other 5 cent increase occurred in January 2019, when ...

The U.S. Postal Service announced it wants to raise the price of stamps five times through 2027. First-class Forever stamps cost 73 cents, increased from 68 cents in July 2024. Postmaster General ...

The USPS is at it again—new postage rates are scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, July 13, 2025. These rate increases impact First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Nonprofit Mail, among others.

The adjusted postal rates are the first in a series of planned price hikes — five in all — on first-class “forever” stamps set to roll out over the next two years, McClatchy News reported.

The U.S. Postal Service signaled plans Tuesday for a rate increase that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents, part of an overall 7.8% increase to take effect ...

Updated: Apr 9, 2025 / 05:49 PM CDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.