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title: "How to Send a Letter, Mailing a Letter"
url: "https://www.stamps.com/usps/how-to-send-a-letter/"
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modified: "2024-11-06T20:58:58+00:00"
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With Stamps.com, you have all the functions of the Post Office™ right on your desktop, including purchasing postage. We make it easy to send a letter by printing USPS postage, a delivery address, and a return address directly to your envelope. Stamps.com even checks your delivery address against the master USPS database, eliminating the hassle of letters being sent to an incorrect or undeliverable address.

When you print postage for a [First-Class Mail®](https://www.stamps.com/usps/first-class-mail/%20%0A) letter using Stamps.com, you automatically qualify for a postage discount that isn’t available at the Post Office. The USPS provides access to the “Metered Mail Rate” for all online postage vendors. The Metered Mail Rate is currently sixty-three cents cheaper than the First-Class Mail® rate at the Post Office (currently $0.73).