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How Does a USPS Postage Stamp Increase Work?

Last updated September 10, 2024 At least once a year – and sometimes multiple times a year –  the United States Postal Service (USPS®) changes postage rates. At Stamps.com, we…
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Is My Postage Meter IMI Compliant? 

Effective June 30, 2024, USPS® discontinued all Information Based Indicia (IBI) postage meter technology and required all postage meters to upgrade to a new system called Intelligent Mail Indicia (IMI).…
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GlobalPost Introduces USPS Canada DDP Service to Help Avoid Delays and Returns

GlobalPost is excited to announce the launch of USPS Canada Delivered Duties Paid (DDP) service for Stamps.com shipping customers. USPS Canada DDP allows customers to prepay duties and taxes for their First Class Package…
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What are USPS Postal Zones?

It’s commonplace to think about a destination in miles. You usually have an idea of how far you’re traveling, even if it’s only by the number of cities and states…
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How to Find a Lost USPS Letter or Package

Shipments can sometimes be lost during transit, including orders to your customers. How do you help customers who are reaching out for assistance? USPS provides resources to try to locate…
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What is Air Mail?

Sometimes your boxes and shipments will soar 39,000 feet in the air. From the time the USPS first experimented with mail flight in 1911 to the present day, letters and…
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What’s a Managed Service Point?

One day you may come home from work and see a barcode affixed to your curbside mailbox. You take a closer look and above the barcode it says “Managed Service…
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Can you mail eggs with USPS?

Which came first—the chicken or the egg?  The egg, if you ship it through the U.S. Postal Service! Since eggs are mailable with the USPS under certain guidelines, you can…
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How to Ship Cremated Remains

Major 2025 USPS changes affect how you ship cremated remains—here's your updated guide to doing it right.