{"id":247806,"date":"2015-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?p=247806"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:25:20","slug":"usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase – Starts April 26, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to start on Sunday, April 26, 2015. USPS rates WILL NOT\u00a0be changing on April 26, 2015. \u00a0 The U.S. Postal Service has announced a postage rate increase for select mail classes and services for 2015. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":247807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-247806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carriers-usps","tag-postage-rates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUSPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 - Stamps.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stamps.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog-header_2015-postage-rate-increase.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eric Nash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eric Nash\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eric Nash\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0c442fcfe271dc772045124df21f2706\"},\"headline\":\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase – Starts April 26, 2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\"},\"wordCount\":679,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Postage Rates\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Carriers - USPS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\",\"name\":\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 - Stamps.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase – Starts April 26, 2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/\",\"name\":\"Stamps.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Stamps.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stamps-Primary-Lockup-Red-RGB.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stamps-Primary-Lockup-Red-RGB.svg\",\"width\":\"1024\",\"height\":\"1024\",\"caption\":\"Stamps.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0c442fcfe271dc772045124df21f2706\",\"name\":\"Eric Nash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/author\/eric-nash\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 - Stamps.com","description":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015","og_description":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to","og_url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/","og_site_name":"Stamps.com","article_published_time":"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog-header_2015-postage-rate-increase.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Eric Nash","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eric Nash","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/"},"author":{"name":"Eric Nash","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0c442fcfe271dc772045124df21f2706"},"headline":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase – Starts April 26, 2015","datePublished":"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/"},"wordCount":679,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Postage Rates"],"articleSection":["Carriers - USPS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/","url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/","name":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 - Stamps.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-13T14:25:20+00:00","description":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase - Starts April 26, 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE! \u00a0On March 27, the USPS announced they will\u00a0delay the implementation of the 2015 rate increase\u00a0and classification changes scheduled to","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-april-26-2015\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USPS Announces Postage Rate Increase – Starts April 26, 2015"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/","name":"Stamps.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization","name":"Stamps.com","url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stamps-Primary-Lockup-Red-RGB.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stamps-Primary-Lockup-Red-RGB.svg","width":"1024","height":"1024","caption":"Stamps.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0c442fcfe271dc772045124df21f2706","name":"Eric Nash","url":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/author\/eric-nash\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}