{"id":247905,"date":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?p=247905"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:21:34","slug":"usps-lowers-priority-mail-rates-starts-sunday-september-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/usps-lowers-priority-mail-rates-starts-sunday-september-7\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates &#8211; Starts Sunday, September 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.stamps.com\/2014\/09\/07\/free-ultimate-guide-to-sept-2014-priority-mail-rate-changes\/\"><strong>Free Download!<\/strong> The Ultimate Guide to the September 2014 Priority Mail Rate Change<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download this PDF file now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_pm-rate-decrease-sep7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_pm-rate-decrease-sep7.jpg\" alt=\"blog_pm-rate-decrease-sep7\" class=\"wp-image-4976\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>On Sunday, September 7, 2014, the U.S. Postal Service will adjust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/shipping\/rate-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shipping rates<\/a> for Priority Mail.&nbsp; This rate adjustment will both increase and decrease &#8220;Retail Rates&#8221; at the Post Office, but will only <strong>DECREASE<\/strong> rates for postage purchased online via Stamps.com (Commercial Base and Commercial Plus pricing).<\/p>\n\n<p>For regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/usps\/priority-mail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priority Mail<\/a> purchased online (weight and zone based pricing) , the decrease in rates is focused on package weights over 5 lbs. and traveling to Zones 1 through 5.<\/p>\n\n<p>The table below shows the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NEW September 2014 prices<\/span> (along with the savings compared to the January 2014 prices listed in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">red<\/span>) by package weight and shipping zone.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>For Priority Mail Flat Rate products (envelopes and boxes), there is no rate adjustment.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get all the info on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/usps\/postage-rate-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USPS Postage Rate adjustments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_priority-mail_rate-change-table_sep7-2014b.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_priority-mail_rate-change-table_sep7-2014b-731x1024.png\" alt=\"blog_priority-mail_rate-change-table_sep7-2014b\" class=\"wp-image-4986\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_priority-mail_regionalrates-change-table_sep7-2014b.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_priority-mail_regionalrates-change-table_sep7-2014b.png\" alt=\"blog_priority-mail_regionalrates-change-table_sep7-2014b\" class=\"wp-image-4987\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Download! 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On Sunday, September 7, 2014, the U.S. Postal Service will adjust shipping rates for Priority Mail.&nbsp; This rate adjustment will both increase and decrease &#8220;Retail Rates&#8221; at the Post Office, but will only DECREASE rates for postage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":247906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-247905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carriers-usps","tag-postage-rates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.1 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates - Starts Sunday, September 7 - Stamps.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates - Starts Sunday, September 7 Free Download! 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