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TIP: As a rule of thumb, you can send 1 oz (4 sheets of printer paper and a business-sized envelope) for 1 First-Class Mail ® Forever ® stamp (currently $0.63). You can weigh your letter with a kitchen scale, postal scale, at a self-service kiosk, or at the Post Office ™ counter. Postage for letters mostly depends on weight and size/shape. When you're done addressing your envelope, put what you're sending inside the envelope, then close and seal it (using the envelope's glue or tape).

Do include unit and box numbers if they're assigned:.

This keeps your mail out of foreign mail networks.

Do not include the city or country name when you send something to an APO/FDO/DPO address in another country.

Mail to military and diplomatic addresses is treated differently: KINGSHILL VI 00850-9802 Military and Diplomatic Mail (APO/FPO/DPO)

The right abbreviation for this territory is "VI," not "US VI" or "USA VI": Virgin Islands addresses have the same format as standard addresses. Addresses with an urbanization code, abbreviated URB, should be written on 4 lines: Some Puerto Rico addresses include an urbanization or community code for a specific area or development. Include the following on separate lines:Īdvanced Tips for Secondary Addresses (like Apartment or Suite) Postal Addressing Standards Special U.S. Write the delivery address (the "recipient" address) in the bottom center of the envelope. Write your address (the "return address") in the top-left corner.

Include the ZIP+4 ® Code whenever possible.

Print addresses neatly in capital letters.

Print your return address and the delivery address clearly, in the correct spots, to make sure your mail is delivered on time. Size & Weight Requirements – Postcards & Envelopes Standard postcards are usually made of paper, are between 5" to 6" long and 3-1/2" to 4-1/4" high, and are between 0.007" and 0.016" thick. Save money using a $0.48 postcard stamp to send a standard-sized postcard anywhere in the U.S. Postcards are for short messages that you don't need to put in an envelope. ( See additional postage in Step 3.) You'll also have to pay more if your envelopes are square or vertical (taller than they are wide).

TIP: If your envelope can't fit through USPS mail processing machines, or is rigid, lumpy or has clasps, string, or buttons, it's "nonmachinable" and you'll have to pay $0.40 more to send it. If your large envelope is nonrectangular, rigid (can't bend), or lumpy (not uniformly thick), you'll have to pay the package price. If you want to send letter-sized papers without folding them, you can use a large envelope (called a "flat") the postage for flats starts at $1.26.

10 envelope is 9-1/2" long x 4-1/8" high.) You can fold what you put in your envelope, but it needs to stay flat-no more than 1/4" thick. Your envelope can be a maximum of 11-1/2" long x 6-1/8" high. Envelopes must be rectangular and made of paper to qualify for letter prices.