![]() If your letter is one ounce or below, you will need one Global Forever stamp or three Forever Stamps. For mail going outside of the United States, you can use Forever Stamps or a Global Forever Stamp. This includes 9x12, legal, and manila envelopes, Two stamps are needed for the first ounce, and postage will be an additional $0.20 cents after. If your letter is a standard-sized envelope and weighs 3.5 ounces or less, you will need one stamp. If your envelope isn't flat, it won't fit in automated processing equipment, and you will be charged more. ![]() When figuring out how many stamps you need to mail your letter or postcard, your postage costs will depend on the shape and size of your mail. That changes for irregularly shaped envelopes, heavy envelopes, or oversized envelopes. In most cases, a single postage stamp will suffice to mail a letter. There's no easy answer to how many stamps your mail item needs because it's dependent on many different things such as weight, size, and the receiver's location. If you don't have the time to go to a post office before calculating how many stamps you need, here's a guide that will help you. So it's not only padded envelopes people are using for packing, it's boxes too - how hard is it to recycle a piece of cardboard for the same purpose? It makes my blood boil since these irresponsible actions cost us all.The number of stamps you put on letters or packages depends on the envelope size and its weight. The first victim was free Priority Mailing tape - too many people were using it for just anything and everything. As an online seller since 1999, I see this happening time and again but more so in recent years as people seem to have no problem defrauding the US Post Office. Just today, I received a calendar shipped via Media Mail (already a no-no) in a poly envelope protected by being sandwiched in a Priority Mail Box 4. Unfortunately, USPS free supplies are GROSSLY abused by unscrupulous sellers, driving up the cost of shipping for everyone. ![]() Re ''they are finally cracking down on widespread abuse of the free padded envelopes getting used as padding inside shipments instead of for the revenue mail that was intended.''. The Mystery of Missing USPS Padded Envelopes ![]()
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