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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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according to www.usps.gov
Quote:
First-Class Mail
First-Class Mail is used for personal and business correspondence. Any mailable item may be sent as First-Class Mail. It includes postcards, letters, large envelopes, and small packages. The maximum weight is 13 ounces. Pieces over 13 ounces can be sent as Priority Mail.
The minimum size for First-Class Mail is 5 inches long, 3-1/2 inches high, and 0.007 inch thick. Pieces weighing 1 ounce or less may be subject to the nonmachinable surcharge.
First-Class Mail Rates
First ounce
$0.37
Each additional ounce
$0.23
First-Class Mail Rates
Weight not over (ounces) Rate
11 $0.37
2 0.60
3 0.83
4 1.06
5 1.29
6 1.52
7 1.75
8 1.98
9 2.21
10 2.44
11 2.67
12 2.90
13 3.13
Over 13 ounces (see Priority Mail).
Nonmachinable Surcharge: An additional $0.12 is required for items weighing 1 ounce or less with any of the following criteria:
a. Square letters.
b. The height exceeds 6-1/8 inches, or length exceeds 11-1/2 inches, or thickness exceeds 1/4 inch.
c. The length divided by height is less than 1.3 or more than 2.5 (length is the dimension parallel to the address).
d. It has clasps, strings, buttons, or similar closure devices.
e. It is too rigid or contains items such as pens that cause the thickness of the mailpiece to be uneven.
f. It has an address parallel to the shorter dimension of the mailpiece.
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