USPS Announces 2013 Prices, Services

USPS Announces New Prices and Services for 2013: WASHINGTON - Beginning early next year, the Postal Service will introduce a First-Class Mail Global Forever Stamp.  The new stamp will allow customers to mail letters anywhere in the world for one set price of $1.10, and is among new mailing and shipping services filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission today.The price for First-Class Mail single-piece letters will increase by just a penny when prices change in Jan. 
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Merchants to Be Squeezed by Postage Rate Increase in January 

Online merchants are increasingly feeling the pressure to offer free shipping, but, as they are fond of saying, there is no such thing as free shipping. That point is being driven home this week after the U.S. Postal Service announced it would raise postage rates on January 27, 2013, pending review by the Postal Regulatory Commission.

The popular Priority Mail service will increase overall an average of 6.3%. Retail prices will increase an average of 9%, but the approximately 3% of the increase is for free tracking visibility which will now be included at no charge.