priority mail rates

• Express, Priority Mail Prices to Jump: ; Postal Service Plans to Increase Rates Next Year to Fight Bankruptcy

WASHINGTON - The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is raising rates for its more profitable express mail and priority mail shipping next year, part of its efforts to stave off bankruptcy. The new prices, which take effect Jan. 22, include the introduction of a new flat rate of $39.95 for overnight express mail boxes weighing up to 70 pounds that are sent domestically; the flat rate for express letters is being increased separately to $18.95. Previously, prices for the overnight service were $13.25 or higher based on package weight and distance.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• November 23, 2011

• Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: Experimental presorted Priority Mail rate categories,

• FR, March 20, 2001
• Notices
• Postal Rate Commission

• International Mail Manual: International priority airmail service; postage rates and service conditions changes,

• FR, November 25, 1998
• Proposed rules
• Postal Service

• CNF Inc. Expects Lower Earnings for Third Quarter 2000; USPS Agrees to Pay Company Higher Provisional Rates for Priority Mail.

Business Editors PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000 CNF Inc. (NYSE:CNF) announced today that lower operating profits for its Emery...

• Business Wire
• September 19, 2000

• International Mail Manual: International priority airmail service; postage rates and service conditions changes,

• FR, March 03, 1999
• Rules
• Postal Service

• Postal Prices Going Up for Express, Priority Mail

WASHINGTON - The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is raising rates for its more profitable express mail and priority mail shipping next year, part of its efforts to stave off bankruptcy. The new prices, which take effect Jan. 22, include the introduction of a new flat rate of $39.95 for overnight express mail boxes weighing up to 70 pounds that are sent domestically; the flat rate for express letters is being increased separately to $18.95. Previously, prices for the overnight service were $13.25 or higher based on package weight and distance.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 23, 2011

• International Mail Manual: International priority airmail service; postage rates and service conditions changes,

• FR, August 10, 1999
• Rules
• Postal Service

• Postal Service Will Offer Discounts to Both Medium and Large Shippers

Companies with sizable shipping needs will soon be able to obtain discounts from the U.S. Postal Service, which is gunning to increase its market share in the fast-delivery business. Beginning May 12, shippers using Express Mail, Priority Mail and several other parcel services will be able to get lower rates for large- and medium-volume contracts, the agency said Wednesday.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 16, 2008

• Domestic rates, fees, and mail classification changes: Manual delivery confirmation fee; experimental suspension for Priority Mail,

• FR, October 03, 2001
• Notices
• Postal Rate Commission

• Postal Watchdog: Alaska Subsidy Costs Millions

A program that began nearly 40 years ago as a way to get crucial goods to remote Alaskan communities now delivers big profits to airlines and private merchants while costing the U.S. Postal Service tens of millions of dollars, according to a postal watchdog. Citing more than $70 million in losses last year alone, the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General this week issued a white paper calling for major reforms to the so-called "Alaska Bypass" program.

... of freight by private airline at postal rates, bypassing the Postal Service entirely, with the s... better service than the more expensive Priority Mail, the report said. But it's not clear how much...

• The Washington Times
• December 01, 2011