IFAS Extension Mail Page
POSTAGE RATE INFORMATION
For Current Postage Rates click this link for postage rates
directly from the US Postal Service: http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm
Priority Mail is available for parcels up to 70 pounds. The link to a Zone Chart is: http://postcalc.usps.gov/Zonecharts/.
WHAT IS A CARD?
You may think that your mailpiece is a "card," because it is a single sheet of paper. But to qualify for mailing at First-Class Mail card rates, a card must be:
- Rectangular
- At least 3-½ inches high x 5 inches long x .007 inch thick (about the thickness of an index card)
- No more than 4-¼ inches high x 6 inches long x .016 inches thick
- If your mailpiece does not meet the dimensions above, then the Postal Service considers it a letter and charges letter rate postage.
WHAT IS A LETTER?
To be eligible for mailing at the postage rates for letters, a piece must be:
- Rectangular
- At least 3-½ inches high x 5 inches long x .007 inch thick (about the thickness of an index card).
- No more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-½ inches long x 1/4 inch thick.
- 1 ounce letters that are nonmachineable will have a surcharge.
WHAT IS A FLAT?
The Postal Service uses the words "flats" and "nonletters" to refer to large envelopes, newsletters, and magazines. The words are interchangeable.
Whatever you call them, flats must:
- Have one dimension that is greater than 6-1/8 inches high OR 11-½ inches long OR ¼ inch thick.
- Be no more than 12 inches high x 15 inches long x ¾ inch thick.
WHAT IS A PARCEL?
If your mailpiece isn’t a card, letter, or a flat, then it’s a parcel. You may be surprised to find out that "parcels" are not just big boxes.
All parcels fall into one of two categories: machinable and nonmachinable. These categories are determined by size and weight.
"Machinable" parcels fit through the Postal Service’s automated parcel sorting machines. They must measure:
· At least 3 inches high x 6 inches long x ¼ inch thick, and at least 6 ounces.
· No more than 17 inches high x 34 inches long x 17 inches thick, and no more than 35 pounds (25 pounds for books or other printed matter).
If you combine mail to different addresses on the Gainesville Campus, address consolidated mail to:
UF Mail
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