USPS has expanded its portfolio of flat-rate shipping solutions and introduced simplifiedpricing providing additional options to move messages, materials and merchandise across the country
or around the world for one simple, low rate.The new Express Mail Legal Flat Rate Envelope and Priority Mail Legal Flat Rate Envelope allowattorneys, finance professionals, real estate agents and others to easily mail legal-sizeddocuments, eliminating a fold in these important materials.
Pranab Shah, USPS vice president, Global Business, commented: “Our Express Mail Internationaland Priority Mail International flat-rate shipping options offer tremendous value in themarketplace for international shipping. With the addition of these new flat-rate products and themove to uniform pricing for Priority Mail envelopes, we’re responding to the popularity of theseproducts while simplifying pricing for customers.”
The USPS Express Mail International product offers service to more than 190 countries in 3 to 5business days, on average. Like the standard Express Mail Flat Rate Envelope, the Express MailLegal Flat Rate Envelope is priced at $26.90 to Canada and $29.95 to all other internationaldestinations, including Mexico.
The new Priority Mail Legal Flat Rate Envelope also accommodates legal-size documents, withservice to international destinations in 6 to 10 business days, on average. The other new productis the Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded Envelope, designed to provide cushioning for more fragilecontents.
With the introduction of uniform pricing, the cost to mail up to 4 pounds in any of the sixPriority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes smaller than 12.5” x 9.5”, including the Priority Mail Legal FlatRate Envelope and Priority Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope, is $11.95 to Canada and Mexico, and$13.95 to all other international destinations.
In addition to flat-rate envelopes, five Priority Mail Flat Rate Box options are available forinternational shipping. The Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box and Priority Mail Medium Flat RateBox (two designs) can be used for shipping up to 20 pounds to international destinations for lowflat rates.
Customers using Click-N-Ship to print mailing labels and postage for Express Mail Internationaland Priority Mail International shipments receive online discounts and can order free packagepickup, along with electronic filing of customs declaration forms, USPS added.
