Current Postage Rates

Find what the current price of a stamp is and how much it costs to send letters.

Current Price Of A Stamp:

46¢

Prices were increased January 27, 2013

Your letter must be 1 ounce or under for this price.

The maximum size of your letter can be:
11 1/2" x 6 1/8"

(The maximum thickness of a regular envelope is 1/4")

If your letter weighs more than 1 ounce, then it will cost more. The table below shows the prices for letters over 1 ounce.

2 oz.	66¢
3 oz.	86¢
3.5 oz.	$1.06

If your letter is more than 3.5 ounces, OR is larger than the maximum size of a regular envelope (11 1/2" x 6 1/8"), then you would use large envelope pricing.

This is a large envelope, the maximum size that a large envelope can be is:
15" x 11 1/2"

(The maximum thickness of a large envelope is 3/4")

This table shows the postage rates for sending a large envelope.

1 oz.	92¢
2 oz.	$1.12
3 oz.	$1.32
4 oz.	$1.52
5 oz.	$1.72
6 oz.	$1.92
7 oz.	$2.12
8 oz.	$2.32
9 oz.	$2.52
10 oz.	$2.72
11 oz.	$2.92
12 oz.	$3.12
13 oz.	$3.32

If you would like to send a letter to Canada, use the chart below to find how much it would cost in postage.

Regular Envelopes
1 oz.	$1.10
2 oz.	$1.10
3 oz.	$1.55
3.5 oz.	$2.00

Large Envelopes
1 oz.	$2.05
2 oz.	$2.25
3 oz.	$2.45
4 oz.	$2.65
5 oz.	$2.85
6 oz.	$3.05
7 oz.	$3.25
8 oz.	$3.45

Sending a letter to Mexico requires higher postage than domestic letters. Use the table below to find how much postage to Mexico costs.

Regular Envelopes
1 oz.	$1.10
2 oz.	$1.65
3 oz.	$2.20
3.5 oz.	$2.75

Large Envelopes
1 oz.	$2.05
2 oz.	$2.65
3 oz.	$3.25
4 oz.	$3.85
5 oz.	$4.45
6 oz.	$5.05
7 oz.	$5.65
8 oz.	$6.25

Our website is up to date with the current cost of postage and gives you the latest and most recent price of postal services. We have designed our site so that it is easy to look up postal rates quickly. The most common question is 'how much does a stamp cost?', because no one wants to put the wrong amount of postage on a letter and have it get rejected. The postal service can change the price of postage at any time, and most people do not send letters or packages every day to remember what the going rate is, or what the price would be for a specific size or weight of letter. That is where our site comes in handy in giving you quick and expedient data on postage rates.