USPS Price Increase Still Likely ... Just Later and (Hopefully) Less

A 2 percent to 3 percent increase would mean only a one cent increase on a First Class mail stamp, but products not covering their costs likely would see higher percent increases. Those products include catalogs and other Standard Mail flats, Standard Mail parcels, some Package Services categories, Periodicals (magazines) and others. The exact percent increase proposed by the USPS for these products remains to be seen until it files its case.