The First-Class stamp is about to rise by another five cents starting on July 13, 2025.
Here’s What You Need to Know
It’s happening again. Starting July 13, 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will raise its postage prices. Luckily, this is the first increase of the year. In the past, USPS has been known to raise its prices twice in one year (both in January and July), but this year, they surprised us and gave us all a bit of a break in January. However, we couldn’t get too comfortable.
Bummer, we know.
So, if you’re mailing statements, notices, compliance letters, or Certified Mail, this change affects your bottom line. The good news? We’re being completely transparent with the cost, making it easy to understand and even easier to manage.
July 2025 USPS Postage Rate Increase: What’s Changing?
First, let’s look at what the USPS is changing this July:
- First-Class Letters (1 oz): $0.73 → $0.78 (5¢ increase)
- First-Class Metered Mail: $0.69 → $0.74 (5¢ increase)
- International Letters (1 oz): $1.65 → $1.70 (5¢ increase)
- First-Class Flats: $1.50 → $1.63 (13¢ increase)
- Certified Mail: $4.85 → $5.30 (45¢ increase)
- Certified ERR (Electronic Return Receipt): $2.62 → $2.82 (20¢ increase)
- Extra Ounces (Letters): $0.28 → $0.29 (1¢ increase)
- Extra Ounces (Flats): $1.50 → $1.63 (13¢ increase)
- Postcards: $0.56 → $0.62 (6¢ increase)
- Registered Mail: $21.75 → $23.40 ($1.65 increase)
- Registered Mail International RR: $6.10 → $6.70 (60¢ increase)
- Certificate of Mailing (firmbook): $2.20 → $2.40 (20¢ increase)
- Marketing Mail: 37¢ increase
LetterStream’s New Pricing Effective July 13, 2025
Now, keep in mind, LetterStream isn’t raising service prices, but we will be increasing the rate of postage. Our updated pricing list includes the new postage rates only, nothing more, nothing hidden.
LetterStream’s pricing list with new postage rates included:
- First-Class Letter: New price starting at $1.23
- Flats: New price starting at $2.67
- Certified Mail (no ERR): New price starting at $8.34 (Certified Mail includes Certified Mail postage increase of 45¢ plus First-Class postage increase of 5¢, making the total postage increase 50¢)
- Certified Mail with Electronic Return Receipt: New price starting at $11.16 (Certified Mail ERR includes Certified Mail postage increase of 45¢ plus First-Class postage increase of 5¢, making the total postage increase 50¢, along with the 20¢ ERR increase, putting the total postage increase at 70¢ per letter)
- Express Postcards: New price starting at $0.87
- PRO Postcards: New price starting at $1.25 (Pro Postcards get the same amount as First-Class postage, which increased by 5¢)
- International Letters: New price starting at $2.73
- Marketing Mail: New price starting at $ 1.41
- Registered Mail: New price starting at $35.88 (Registered mail always goes up by the Registered base increase, plus Registered International Return Receipt, and First-Class International (so this time around, first class int’l is going up by .05, int’l return receipt is going up by .60, and registered base is going up by 1.65, so the Registered Mail cost is going up by a total of 2.30)
- Extra Ounces (Letters): New price going up to $0.29
- Extra Ounces (Flats): New price going up to $1.63
To view a breakdown by product type, visit our products page.
Why This Matters for Your Business
If you’re sending hundreds—or thousands—of pieces of mail a month by snail mail, even a five-cent increase per item adds up. Here’s why now is the time to review your mailing operations:
- Budget Smarter, Not Harder – Postage may seem like a minor line item—until it suddenly isn’t. A few cents here and there can quietly add thousands to your annual spend if you’re mailing at scale. This mid-year increase gives you a chance to reforecast your mailing budget, adjust client billing (if applicable), and avoid end-of-year sticker shock. The businesses that stay ahead of these changes are the ones that don’t lose sleep over them.
- Reassess the Way You Mail – If your team is still printing documents, folding them by hand, stuffing envelopes, applying postage, and hauling bins to the post office—you’re not just paying more in postage now. You’re also spending time, labor, and resources on a process that could be handled in minutes. Higher USPS rates only amplify the cost of inefficiency. Now’s the perfect time to ask: Is your mailing strategy working for you, or slowing you down?
- Communicate Across the Board – Postage hikes affect more than just your mailroom—they ripple through your budget, operations, and customer relationships. If you pass along mail costs to clients, it’s essential to communicate the new rates clearly and proactively. And internally, make sure your teams are aligned so there are no surprises when the next invoice goes out. A little transparency now builds a lot of trust later.
- Shift to Smarter Delivery (Without Losing Control) – You don’t have to overhaul your business to modernize your mail. Whether you’re outsourcing Certified Mail, exploring First-Class automation, there are ways to mail smarter without reinventing the wheel. Let your team focus on high-value work, and let us handle the envelopes, postage, mailing and even tracking. You’ll gain time, control, and peace of mind.
Let LetterStream Handle the Heavy Lifting
Unfortunately, we can’t stop USPS from raising prices, but we can make sending mail a lot easier, faster, and more reliable.
Here are some benefits of having an account with LetterStream:
- Upload a document and send it in under 2 minutes
- Track Certified Mail right from inside of your account
- No minimums, no monthly fees
- Store and access all your job history and PDFs digitally
- Add multiple users and manage accounts easily
- Get fast, accurate and reliable mailing, every time
- Trips to the Post Office are a thing of the past
Considering Email Instead? We’ve Got That Too.
We get it—when postage goes up (again), the idea of going digital gets a little more appealing. If you’re rethinking how you send statements, notices, or other business-critical documents, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to leave LetterStream to make the switch.
In addition to our full suite of print and mail services, we also offer eDoc Delivery, a simple way to send your documents via email, straight from your LetterStream account. This service can be done in place of or in addition to your regular UPSP mailings.
To learn more visit our free 24/7 online Chatbot for pricing and next steps.
Don’t Let the Postage Hike Slow You Down
Mail is still essential for business and it doesn’t have to be a burden. With LetterStream, you can send smarter, stay ahead of pricing changes, and focus on what actually moves your business forward.
For more information regarding the July 2025 price increase, visit the USPS website or you can download the list of rate changes here.
LetterStream offers bulk printing and mailing services allowing companies to send physical mail online. Whether it’s online Certified Mail, First-Class Mail, FedEx 2Day, or postcards, we give both small businesses and large corporations that time and freedom back to work on tasks that better serve the company. If you’re interested in creating a free account, you can do so here.
